Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dismember

2 senses of dismember

Sense 1
dismember -- (separate the limbs from the body; "the tiger dismembered the tourist")
       => kill -- (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays")

Sense 2
dismember, take apart, discerp -- (divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war")
       => separate, divide, part -- (come apart; "The two pieces that we had glued separated")