discerp

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verb

1. divide into pieces
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
• Syn:
dismember, take apart
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. cut off from a whole
- His head was severed from his body
- The soul discerped from the body
• Syn:
sever, lop
• Derivationally related forms:
lopper (for: lop), severing (for: sever), severance (for: sever)
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Group:
sever, break up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something