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

  Dismember \Dis*mem"ber\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismembered}; p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Dismembering}.] [OF. desmembrer, F.
     d['e]membrer; 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.


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              Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. --Pope.
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              A society lacerated and dismembered.  --Gladstone.
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              By whose hands the blow should be struck which would
              dismember that once mighty empire.    --Buckle.
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     2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.]
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              They were dismembered by vote of the house. --R.
                                                    North.
  
     Syn: To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide;
          sever.
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