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v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

discerp, sever, lop

v. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

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amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

dismember

v. separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"

separate, disunite, divide, part

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

discerp, sever, lop

v. cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body"

maim

v. injure or wound seriously and leave permanent disfiguration or mutilation; "people were maimed by the explosion"

mutilate, mangle, cut up

v. destroy or injure severely; "The madman mutilates art work"

truncate, cut short

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

chip, knap, cut off, break off

v. break a small piece off from; "chip the glass"; "chip a tooth"

cripple, stultify

v. deprive of strength or efficiency; make useless or worthless; "This measure crippled our efforts"; "Their behavior stultified the boss's hard work"

mangle, mutilate, murder

v. alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"

amputate, cut off

v. remove surgically; "amputate limbs"

separate, disunite, divide, part

v. force, take, or pull apart; "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"

cleave

v. make by cutting into; "The water is going to cleave a channel into the rock"

dismember, take apart, discerp

v. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"

dismember

v. separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist"

detach

v. separate (a small unit) from a larger, especially for a special assignment; "detach a regiment"

detach, come off, come away

v. come to be detached; "His retina detached and he had to be rushed into surgery"

truncate, cut short

v. make shorter as if by cutting off; "truncate a word"; "Erosion has truncated the ridges of the mountains"

dissolve, resolve, break up

v. cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"

take, get hold of

v. get into one's hands, take physically; "Take a cookie!"; "Can you take this bag, please"

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