1) Cut to pieces 2) Divide into pieces 3) French word used in English 4) Kill 5) Mutilate 6) Take apart 7) Tear to pieces 8) To deprive of limbs 9) To divide into parts 10) To remove the limbs of Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/dismember
• (v. t.) To deprive of membership. • (v. t.) To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/dismember/
Dis·mem'ber transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Dismembered ; present participle & verbal noun Dismembering .] [ Old French desmembrer , French démembrer ; prefix des- (L. dis ) + Old French & Fre... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/87
discerpverb divide into pieces; `our department was dismembered when our funding dried up`; `The Empire was discerped after the war` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
to deprive of limbs; divide limb from limb: The ogre dismembered his victims before he ate them. · to divide into parts; cut to pieces; mutilate. · 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. Found on https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/dismember