dismember
/dɪsˈmɛmbər/
verb
- To cut or tear off the limbs or parts of a body.
- In the horror movie, the monster dismembered its victims.
- The ancient punishment was to dismember criminals as a warning to others.
- The hunters dismembered the deer to carry it back to camp.
- To divide or split up a country, organization, or territory into smaller parts.
- The board voted to dismember the company and sell its divisions separately.
- The treaty threatened to dismember the empire into several smaller states.
- After the war, the victorious nations agreed to dismember the defeated country.