Definition
The act of tearing apart or separating the limbs and body parts of something, or removing someone from a group or organization.
Etymology
From Middle English dismembren, combining the prefix dis- (meaning 'opposite of' or 'to undo') with membren from Old French, derived from Latin membrum meaning 'limb.' The word originally referred to literal bodily separation and evolved to include metaphorical meanings like organizational dissolution.
Kelly Says
This word shows how medical vocabulary shaped historical language—medieval surgeons' descriptions of battlefield injuries gave us a verb we still use for breaking apart companies, unions, or empires; metaphorically 'dismembering a state' became as common as dismembering a body.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
አንበሳ (anbesa)
an-be-sa
ARالعربية
فك العظام (fak al-'azam)
fak al-'azam
BNবাংলা
শরীর বিচ্ছেদ (shariir bichched)
sha-ri-ir bi-chched
CACatalà
desmembrament
des-mem-bra-ment
CSČeština
rozebírání
ro-ze-bi-ra-ni
DEDeutsch
Zerlegen
tser-lay-gen
ELΕλληνικά
διαμερισμός (diamerismos)
di-a-mer-is-mos
ESEspañol
desmiembramiento
des-mee-em-bra-mien-toh
FAفارسی
شکستن (shekestan)
shek-es-tan
FISuomi
hajoaminen
ha-jo-a-mi-nen
FRFrançais
démembrement
de-memb-reh-mahn
GUGU
શરીર-ભંગ (sharira-bhang)
sha-ri-ra-bhang
HEעברית
פירוק (פירוק)
pi-rook
HIहिन्दी
शरीर-भंग (शरीर-भंग)
shari-ra-bhang
HUMagyar
szétszedés
szes-zed-es
IDBahasa Indonesia
pembedahan
pembeda-han
ITItaliano
dismembramento
dis-mem-bra-men-toh
KKKK
жарылдыру (jaryldyru)
ja-ryldy-ru
KMKM
បំផ្ទុះ (bamphtouh)
bam-phtouh
MRMR
शरीर-भंग (sharira-bhang)
sha-ri-ra-bhang
MSBahasa Melayu
membuang
mem-bau-ang
MYမြန်မာ
ပြုတ် (pyoht)
pyoht
NLNederlands
ontleden
ont-le-den
NONorsk
dele opp
de-le opp
PAPA
ਸ਼ਰੀਰ-ਭੰਗ (sharira-bhang)
sha-ri-ra-bhang
PLPolski
rozkładanie
roz-kłada-nie
PTPortuguês
desmembramento
des-mem-bra-ma-toh
RORomână
dezmembrare
de-z-mem-bra-re
RUРусский
разчленение
raz-chlen-ee-niye
SVSvenska
avliva
av-li-va
SWKiswahili
kukata
ku-ka-ta
TAதமிழ்
உடல் பகுப்பாய்வு (udal pakkupaayvu)
udal pakkupaayvu
TEతెలుగు
శరీర విభజన (sharira vibhajana)
sha-ri-ra vi-bha-ja-na
THไทย
การแยกสมาชิก (การแยกสมาชิก)
gaan-yaek-sma-chig
TLTL
pag-a-hiwalay
pa-ga-hi-wa-lay
UKУкраїнська
розчленення
roz-chlen-en-nya
URاردو
شُرْک (shurkh)
shurkh
VITiếng Việt
mổ xác
mo-xac
ZUZU
ukuthwala
u-ku-thwa-la