disembowel

[ dis-em-bou-uhl ]

/ ˌdɪs ɛmˈbaʊ əl /

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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.

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.

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Origin of disembowel

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

disembodied, disemboweled , dismembered

Words nearby disembowel

disembarrass, disembodied, disembody, disembogue, disembosom, disembowel, disembroil, disemploy, disempower, disemvowel, disenable

How to use disembowel in a sentence

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.
Gene Weingarten: For a week I recorded my dreams. Here are my political prophecies.|Gene Weingarten|March 18, 2021|Washington Post
Another promised to "disembowel him with a rusty pitchfork."
Palin's Other Arizona 'Targets'|Shushannah Walshe|January 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And placing the knife in the lad's hand, she added: "Cut off their heads, disembowel those infidel dogs!"
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman|Eugne Sue
The pursuit continues until those who flee become exhausted, and the pursuers slash at them and disembowel their steeds.
Four Arthurian Romances|Chretien DeTroyes

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.
Ethnology of the Ungava District, Hudson Bay Territory|Lucien Turner
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

(tr) to remove the entrails of

Derived forms of disembowel

disembowelment, noun

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disembowel

Origin of disembowel

OTHER WORDS FROM disembowel

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Words nearby disembowel

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British Dictionary definitions for disembowel

Derived forms of disembowel