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disembowel

[ dis-em-bou-uhl ]

verb (used with object)

disemboweled, disemboweling or (especially British) disembowelled, disembowelling.
  1. to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
  2. to cut or slash open the abdomen of, as by bayoneting, so as to expose or remove the viscera.


disembowel

/ ˌɪɪˈʊə /

verb

  1. tr to remove the entrails of
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Derived Forms

  • ˌ徱ˈǷɱԳ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 徱e·Ƿı·Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of disembowel1

First recorded in 1595–1605; dis- 1 + embowel
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As it turned out, the woman was not pregnant but had been disemboweled.

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One month later I saw people in Kalimantan beheading and disembowelling their neighbours.

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On Nov. 22, a campaign received texts threatening to “impale” and “disembowel” a candidate.

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Then they disembowel it and it all just comes spilling out.

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The 2019 crash killed Lee and seriously injured his two passengers, including a then-8-year-old boy who was disemboweled, court documents show.

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