dismembre

Verb

dismember (third-person singular simple present dismembers, present participle dismembering, simple past and past participle dismembered)

1. (transitive) To remove the limbs of.
   • Death by drawing and quartering usually dismembered the condemned person.
2. (transitive) To cut or otherwise divide something into pieces.
   • The killer methodically dismembered the bodies of his victims.