Dismember
Dismember , transitive verb
[Old French desmembrer, French démembrer; pref. des- (Latin dis) + Old French & French membre limb. See Member.]
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.
A society lacerated and dismembered.
By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire.
2.
To deprive of membership. [Obsolete]
They were dismembered by vote of the house.