dis embowelled
ɛmˈbaʊ 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.
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.
Related forms
dis·em·bow·el·ment, noun
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| —vb , (US) -els, -elling, -elled, -els, -eling, -eled | |
| (tr) to remove the entrails of | |
| disem'bowelment | |
| —n | |
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Dis embowelled
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Word Origin & History
disembowel
c.1600, from dis- + embowel. Earlier form was disbowel (mid-15c.); embowel, with the same meaning, is attested from 1520s. Related: Disemboweled; disembowelment.
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