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discerp

dis·cerp

UK/dɪˈsɜː(ɹ)p/ uncommon

verb

1.

divide into pieces

  • “our department was dismembered when our funding dried up”
  • “The Empire was discerped after the war”
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2.

cut off from a whole

  • “His head was severed from his body”
  • “The soul discerped from the body”
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Origin

From Latin discerpō, from dis- + carpō (“to pluck”).

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