From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dismemberment \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, noun [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. d['e]membrement.] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation.
The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn: {taking apart}]
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