disembowel
Americanverb (used with object)
-
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.
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
-
disembowelsimple
-
disembowelssimple
-
have disemboweledperfect
-
have disembowelledperfect
-
has disemboweledperfect
-
has disembowelledperfect
-
am disembowelingprogressive
-
am disembowellingprogressive
-
are disembowelingprogressive
-
are disembowellingprogressive
-
is disembowelingprogressive
-
is disembowellingprogressive
-
have been disembowelingperfect progressive
-
have been disembowellingperfect progressive
-
has been disembowelingperfect progressive
-
has been disembowellingperfect progressive
Past
-
disemboweledsimple
-
disembowelledsimple
-
had disemboweledperfect
-
had disembowelledperfect
-
was disembowelingprogressive
-
was disembowellingprogressive
-
were disembowelingprogressive
-
were disembowellingprogressive
-
had been disembowelingperfect progressive
-
had been disembowellingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of disembowel
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Since she’s played by Frances McDormand, the most famous face in the cast and an actor who could disembowel the patriarchy in her sleep, the abruptness of her departure feels particularly pointed.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2022
Teams of workers snap laptops in half, smash screens, disembowel computers, and cripple keyboards.
From The Verge • Jun. 22, 2016
But The Revenant, which called for him to wear several yards of beard, disembowel a bison, and crawl wearily through miles of ice fields, has surely done the trick.
From The Guardian • Dec. 16, 2015
The New York Public Library wanted to disembowel its historic building at 42nd Street before thinking better of it.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2014
Embowel, em-bow′el, v.t. properly, to enclose in something else; but also used for disembowel, to remove the entrails from:—pr.p. embow′elling; pa.p. embow′elled.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
