Dismember /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Dismembered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering

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. [Obs.]

   They were dismembered by vote of the house.