limb from limb
Adverb
Meaning
dismembered
completely apart; completely destroyed
Source: en.wiktionary.orgExamples
The fetus, in many cases, dies just as a human adult or child would: It bleeds to death as it is torn from limb from limb. The fetus can be alive at the beginning of the dismemberment process and can survive for a time while its limbs are being torn off.