'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]