to dismember.

transitive. To separate (something) into its constituent parts; to dismantle, to take apart. Also (and in earliest use) figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To divide (a body or member) at a joint or into joints; to dismember, disjoint.

transitive. To take apart.

To separate into parts or sections; to disjoint.

To separate joint from joint; to take in pieces at the joints.

figurative. To take apart, dissect, disintegrate. Obsolete.

transitive. To take apart, break up.

transitive. To take to pieces, dismantle. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To disjoint.

transitive. To separate into constituent parts; to dismantle, disassemble. Also figurative with immaterial object.

transitive. To dismantle, take apart, disassemble. Cf. dismount, v. 7.

transitive. Chiefly Surgery. To remove (a limb or part of a limb) at a joint; to separate the bones of (a skeleton or part of a skeleton) at a joint…

To take (a thing) out of that in which it is set or enclosed; to remove (a gem, etc.) from its setting or ‘mount’; to take (mechanism) from its…

transitive. Originally Military. To take apart (a device, structure, etc.); to take to pieces, dismantle. Cf. assemble, v.1 2b.

transitive. To destroy or dismantle the structure of; to deprive of structure.

transitive. (a) To undo the construction of, to take to pieces. (b) Philosophy and Literary Theory. To subject to deconstruction; to analyse and…