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Meaning of unlimb | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1

Definitions

To remove a limb or limbs from.

Examples

“[…] at intervals during the passage, he was a raving lunatic; and, though unlimbed of a leg, yet such vital strength yet lurked in his Egyptian chest, and was moreover intensified by his delirium […]”

“The slaves were subject to punishment of maiming and unlimbing for insignificant faults.”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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See also

unlimbed unlimber unlimbered unlimbering unlimbers unlimbing

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