dismember
/dɪsˈmembə(r)/verb
with obj.
1- cut off the limbs of (a person or animal)肢解：
as adj. dismembered he buried their dismembered bodies in the back garden.他将他们被肢解后的尸体埋在后花园。
1.1
- partition or divide up (a territory or organization)分割; 瓜分：
the major European states thought Russia intended to dismember the Ottoman Empire.
主要的欧洲国家都认为沙俄想瓜分奥斯曼帝国。
派生词
dismemberment
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French desmembrer, based on Latin dis- 'apart'+membrum 'limb'.