Discerp (Verb)
Meaning 1
Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The company was discerped after filing for bankruptcy, its assets sold to several larger corporations.
- The government's decision to privatize the railway network effectively discerped the state-owned company.
- The once-unified movement was discerped by internal conflicts and disagreements over leadership.
- After years of decline, the family business was discerped and sold off piece by piece to pay off debts.
- The bordering states discerped the small country, forming new territories under their control.
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Meaning 2
Cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- Her soul was discerped from her body at the moment of death.
- In a shocking accident, his leg was forcibly discerped from its socket.
- The snake's head was discerped from its body in the scientist's lab experiment.
- The group's connection was discerped from the internet due to a server crash.
- Their long-standing friendship was suddenly discerped as a result of the dispute.