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disembowel
[ dis-em-bou-uhl ]
verb (used with object)
, dis·em·bow·eled, dis·em·bow·el·ing or (especially British) dis·em·bow·elled, dis·em·bow·el·ling.
- to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
- to cut or slash open the abdomen of, as by bayoneting, so as to expose or remove the viscera.
disembowel
/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl /
verb
- tr to remove the entrails of
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Derived Forms
- ˌdisemˈbowelment, noun
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Other Words From
- disem·bowel·ment noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of disembowel1
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Example Sentences
Another promised to "disembowel him with a rusty pitchfork."
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And placing the knife in the lad's hand, she added: "Cut off their heads, disembowel those infidel dogs!"
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The pursuit continues until those who flee become exhausted, and the pursuers slash at them and disembowel their steeds.
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A ruffian sprang on MacAdam with an open knife, swearing he would disembowel him.
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One of the old Indian women got hold of him and began to pluck his feathers off, then to disembowel him.
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Yet he had no liking for Germans and desired to cut them into small bits, to slit their throats, to disembowel them.
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