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Past tense of dismember

regular verb

The past tense of dismember is dismembered. The past participle is also dismembered.

Forms of dismember

Base form (V1)dismember /ˌdɪsˈmɛmbə(ɹ)/
Past tense (V2)dismembered
Past participle (V3)dismembered
Present participledismembering
Third person singulardismembers

Dismembered in a sentence

  • Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
  • The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.
  • Whenever the system is dismembered to examine its components, this binding energy dissipates.2009, J.-C. Spender, “Organizational Knowledge, Collective Practice and Penrose Rents”, in Michael H. Zack, editor, Knowledge and…. From the entry synergy
  • Egypt was the body of Osiris, dismembered and scattered across the land.2008, Jan Assmann, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism, page 42. From the entry remember
  • It had been like a tombful of dismembered mannikins, the limbs and parts devoid of viscera; hollow, lifeless surrogates.1984 April, Oliver Lowenbruck [pen name; David J. Schow], “Coming Soon to a Theater Near You”, in The Twilight Zone Magazine, page 61. From the entry tombful

Meaning of dismember

  1. verb To remove the limbs of.
  2. verb To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.

Full definition of dismember

Questions about the past tense of dismember

What is the past tense of dismember?
The past tense of dismember is dismembered.
What is the past participle of dismember?
The past participle of dismember is dismembered.
Is dismember a regular or irregular verb?
Dismember is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

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