<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them.</li><li>to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate.</li><li>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.</li></ul>