Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb discerp

2 senses of discerp

Sense 1
dismember, take apart, discerp -- (divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war")
       => separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")

Sense 2
discerp, sever, lop -- (cut off from a whole; "His head was severed from his body"; "The soul discerped from the body")
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")