| 1. | to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them. |
| 2. | to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate. |
| 3. | to reduce, reorganize, or discontinue the services or parts of (a company, government agency, etc.): Our business was dismembered by the conglomerate that bought it. |
dismember dis·mem·ber (dĭs-měm'bər)
v. dis·mem·bered, dis·mem·ber·ing, dis·mem·bers
To amputate a limb or a part of a limb.