dismember

dismember is a   Verb

Definition:

[1] To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.

[2] To deprive of membership. [Obs.] They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.

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