Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dismemberment \Dis*mem"ber*ment\, n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F.
   d['e]membrement.]
   The act of dismembering, or the state of being dismembered;
   cutting in piece; m?tilation; division; separation.

         The Castilians would doubtless have resented the
         dismemberment of the unwieldy body of which they formed
         the head.                                --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

dismemberment
     n : the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces [syn: {taking
         apart}]