[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dismember \dismem"ber\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dismembered; p.
   pr.  vb. n. dismembering. of. desmembrer, f.
   d'emembrer; pref. des- l. dis + of.  f. 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.
      1913 webster

            fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --pope.
      1913 webster

            a society lacerated and dismembered.  --gladstone.
      1913 webster

            by whose hands the blow should be struck which would
            dismember that once mighty empire.    --buckle.
      1913 webster

   2. to deprive of membership. obs.
      1913 webster

            they were dismembered by vote of the house. --r.
                                                  north.

   syn: to disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide;
        sever.
        1913 webster
see also:
dismembered dismembering member 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dismember
     v 1: separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the
          tourist"
     2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our
        funding dried up"; "the empire was discerped after the
        war" syn: take apart, discerp
see also:
take apart discerp 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

34 moby thesaurus words for "dismember":
   cripple, defoliate, denude, disassemble, dismantle,
   draw and quarter, flay, grill, impale, keelhaul, lacerate, maim,
   mangle, mayhem, mutilate, part, peel, pick to pieces, picket,
   pull apart, rack, separate, sever, shred, skin, strip, sunder,
   take apart, take down, tar and feather, tear apart, tear to pieces,
   tear to tatters, torture

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