The Only Use of
dismember
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- Atticus saved Dill from immediate dismemberment.
p. 61.9dismemberment = bodily attack (in this exaggerating by saying a body part would be cut off)
Definition:
to cut or pull off limbs or other parts of a body
or:
to divide into pieces -- especially destructively
or:
to divide into pieces -- especially destructively