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Definition: DISMEMBERING

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. To carve.[Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Present participle conjugation of the verb dismember.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(dismember)
1. Separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist".[Wordnet].
2. Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up".[Wordnet].
3. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.[Websters].
4. To deprive of membership.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: dismembering, dismembered, dismembers, dismemberer, dismemberers, dismemberingly and dismemberedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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Date "Dismembering" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISMEMBERING

Domain Definition
Noah Webster [Verb] Separating a limb or limbs from the body; dividing by taking a part or parts from the body.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary [Verb] Present participle of dismember. (references)

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Definition: DISMEMBERING

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. To carve.[Eve - graph theoretic]
2. Present participle conjugation of the verb dismember.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(dismember)
1. Separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist".[Wordnet].
2. Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up".[Wordnet].
3. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up.[Websters].
4. To deprive of membership.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: dismembering, dismembered, dismembers, dismemberer, dismemberers, dismemberingly and dismemberedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Sources: compiled from various sources, (under license) copyright 2008.

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Date "DISMEMBERING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Specialty Definition: DISMEMBERING

DomainDefinition
Noah Webster [Verb] Separating a limb or limbs from the body; dividing by taking a part or parts from the body.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Wiktionary[Verb] Present participle of dismember. (references)

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Common Expressions: dismember

ExpressionsDefinition
Dismember (band)Dismember is a Swedish death metal band, formed in Stockholm in 1988. After a hiatus, the band began recording in earnest in 1991 and released their debut, Like an Ever Flowing Stream in 1991 . The album became an early example of Scandinavian death metal and established the band's fanbase, which grew with the release of Pieces (1992). The song "Skin Her Alive" prompted an obscenity charge in the United Kingdom, against which the band successfully defended themselves. (references)

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Topics by Level of Interest: dismember

Topics sorted by level of InterestLevel (1=low, 600=high)   Topics sorted AlphabeticallyLevel (1=low, 600=high)
December to Dismember (2006)55   December to Dismember (1995)26
December to Dismember (1995)26   December to Dismember (2006)55
Dismember (band)10   Dismember (alternative meanings)2
ECW December to Dismember6   Dismember (band)10
Remember to Dismember4   ECW December to Dismember6
Dismember (alternative meanings)2   Remember to Dismember4

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).