disembowel

[ dis-em-bou-uhl ]
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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 of disembowel

1
First recorded in 1595–1605; dis-1 + embowel

Other words from disembowel

  • dis·em·bow·el·ment, noun

Words that may be confused with disembowel

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How to use disembowel in a sentence

  • A ruffian sprang on MacAdam with an open knife, swearing he would disembowel him.

    Ireland as It Is | Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • One of the old Indian women got hold of him and began to pluck his feathers off, then to disembowel him.

  • Yet he had no liking for Germans and desired to cut them into small bits, to slit their throats, to disembowel them.

    Now It Can Be Told | Philip Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for disembowel

disembowel

/ (ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl) /


verb-els, -elling or -elled or US -els, -eling or -eled
  1. (tr) to remove the entrails of

Derived forms of disembowel

  • disembowelment, noun

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