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The authors were surprised by how precisely the whales had dismembered a kill they retrieved.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 4, 2011

Our saint was born in 468, about thirty years after the Barbarians had dismembered Africa from the Roman empire.

From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Butler, Alban

And before either of the men could interfere Queex had dismembered the prey with dispatch.

From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre

Rather than give up he would pass years here, till he had dismembered the whole ship and strewn every particle of her piecemeal over the bottom of the sea.

From Cord and Creese by De Mille, James

Behind them, meantime, Jeanne lay at rest in innocent sleep, and Monsieur Rambaud, his whole attention engrossed, bent his grizzled head over the doll which he had dismembered.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile