dismember

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of DISMEMBER

to cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly <quickly dismembered the old toolshed and hauled it off to the dump>

Synonyms break up, bust, distintegrate, dismember, disrupt, fracture, fragment, rive

Related Words atomize, crush, grind, powder, pulverize, reduce; blast, blow up, burst, detonate, explode; crack, pop, shatter, shiver, smash; chip, sliver, splinter, split; implode; destroy, ruin, wreck

Near Antonyms doctor, fix, heal, mend, patch, rebuild, recondition, reconstruct, renovate, repair

to take apart <dismembered the stage settings after the last performance>

Synonyms break down, demount, dismantle, dismember, dismount, knock down, strike, take down

Near Antonyms build, erect, pitch; combine, unite

Antonyms assemble, construct

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