severed

Separated from the whole body or divided into separate body parts, as by cutting, slicing, or tearing, especially suddenly and forcibly.
"the head was severed from the body"

Instead use the more precise

  • dismemberment - The act of cutting or tearing a limb from a body
  • amputee - a character having amputated major limbs (arms, legs, wings, tail)
  • severed_limb - seeing a limb that has recently been removed