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disembowel
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Disembowel
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dis·em·bow·el
/
ˌdɪs
ɛmˈbaʊ
əl
/
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dis-em-
bou
-
uh
l
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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.
Origin:
1595–1605;
dis-
1
+
embowel
Related forms
dis·em·bow·el·ment,
noun
Can be confused:
disembodied
,
disemboweled,
dismembered
.
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World English Dictionary
disembowel
(ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl)
—
vb
, (
US
)
-els
,
-elling
,
-elled
,
-els
,
-eling
,
-eled
(
tr
) to remove the entrails of
disem'bowelment
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Etymonline
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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Housewives used to bring in a chicken and chop its head off and pluck it and
disembowel
it and clean it up.
Wild dogs have been known to even
disembowel
prey while it is still on the run.
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