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S vs Dismember - What's the difference?

s | dismember |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a verb dismember is

to remove the limbs of.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    dismember

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dismembre (obsolete)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To remove the limbs of.
    • Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
  • To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
    • The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.
    The American Civil War nearly dismembered the Union.

    Derived terms

    * dismemberment