dismemberment Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces
    taking apart.

WordNet

Dis*mem"ber*ment noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.
Definitions
  1. The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; mtilation; division; separation.
    The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. Macaulay.

Webster 1913