disembowel

[ dis-em-bou-uhl ]

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.

disembowel

/ ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl /

verb

1. tr to remove the entrails of

Derived Forms

• ˌdisemˈbowelment, noun

Other Words From

• disem·bowel·ment noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disembowel¹

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

Example Sentences

If they were, they got a present, but if they weren’t, Perchta would disembowel miscreants.

From Time

Tomás de Torquemada, for example, may have burned, stretched, hanged and disemboweled unbelievers, but he had nice hair and everyone agrees he was impressively persuasive.

From Washington Post

Another promised to "disembowel him with a rusty pitchfork."

From The Daily Beast

And placing the knife in the lad's hand, she added: "Cut off their heads, disembowel those infidel dogs!"

From Project Gutenberg

The pursuit continues until those who flee become exhausted, and the pursuers slash at them and disembowel their steeds.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

One of the old Indian women got hold of him and began to pluck his feathers off, then to disembowel him.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg