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disembowel

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dis⋅em⋅bow⋅el

  [dis-em-bou-uhl]
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–verb (used with object), -eled, -el⋅ing or (especially British) -elled, -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.
Origin:
1595–1605; dis- 1 + embowel

Related forms:
dis⋅em⋅bow⋅el⋅ment, noun
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dis·em·bow·el   (dĭs'ěm-bou'əl)   
tr.v.   dis·em·bow·eled or dis·em·bow·elled, dis·em·bow·el·ing or dis·em·bow·el·ling, dis·em·bow·els

  1. To remove the entrails from.

  2. To deprive of meaning or substance.

dis'em·bow'el·ment n.
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Word Origin & History

disembowel 
1603, from dis- + embowel. Earlier form was disbowel (c.1440); embowel, with the same meaning, is attested from 1521.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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