to cut, tear, or pull the arms and legs off the body of a dead person or animal

The police found the dismembered body of a young man in the murderer's freezer. 警方在凶手的冰箱里发现了一具被肢解的年轻男性的尸体。

to divide a country or an empire into different parts

Some countries hoped to achieve statehood when the Ottoman Empire was dismembered.