verb
Meaning 1
To tear into pieces; to rend.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
discerp
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/dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/
verb
Meaning 2
To separate; to disunite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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verb
Meaning 3
cut off from a whole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- His head was severed from his body
- The soul discerped from the body
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sever, lop
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cut
verb
Meaning 4
divide into pieces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dismember, take apart
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: separate, divide, part
History
Etymology
From Latin discerpō, from dis- + carpō (“to pluck”).