dismember
There were offences which, in former ages, were punishable by dismemberment.
The film contains horrific scenes of decapitations and dismemberments.
He was the leader who presided over the dismemberment of Yugoslavia.
AT&T was this country's undisputed telecom monopoly until its dismemberment by court order in 1984.
The ministry is too big and cries out for dismemberment.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Cutting off and disconnecting
amputate
amputation
amputee
Brexit
castration
chop
chop something off
crop
cut back
disconnected
disconnection
dismember
dissection
dock
Grexit
nonconnection
post-amputation
saw something off
sever
unharness

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Separating and dividing