'Dismemberment' definitions:

Definition of 'dismemberment'

(from WordNet)
noun
The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn: dismemberment, taking apart]

Definition of 'Dismemberment'

From: GCIDE
  • Dismemberment \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. d['e]membrement.] The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered; cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation. [1913 Webster]
  • The Castilians would doubtless have resented the dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed the head. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]