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

disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart

v. take apart into its constituent pieces

analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart

v. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"

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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"

break down

v. cause to fall or collapse

take, get hold of

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

break

v. find a flaw in; "break an alibi"; "break down a proof"

assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together

v. create by putting components or members together; "She pieced a quilt"; "He tacked together some verses"; "They set up a committee"

repair, resort

v. move, travel, or proceed toward some place; "He repaired to his cabin in the woods"

synthesize

v. combine and form a synthesis; "Vitamin D only synthesizes when sunlight is available"

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