dismember
verb
[ dɪsˈmɛmbə ]
• cut off the limbs of (a person or animal).
• "he watched a doctor dismember the body"
Similar:
disjoint,
joint,
cut off the limbs of,
pull apart,
cut up,
chop up,
break up,
dissect,
divide,
segment,
mutilate,
hack up,
butcher,
tear limb from limb,
limb,
• partition or divide up (a territory or organization).
• "the winning powers of World War I set out to dismember the Ottoman Empire"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French desmembrer, based on Latin dis- ‘apart’ + membrum ‘limb’.
