Dismemberment

Dis*mem"ber*ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. desmembrement, F. démembrement.] 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.