disembowel
verb (used with object)
to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
disemboweled
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past participleof disembowel.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof disembowel.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
disembowelverb (used with object)to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
Example Sentences
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Keck’s horizontal equestrian sculpture, which intimates occupation of the land, became Walker’s vertical, a grotesque standing humanoid, disemboweled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
These days Chen, now 49 and sporting closely cropped hair with just a hint of gray, is not worried about being disemboweled during lunch.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 27, 2023
Director and screenwriter Scott Cooper builds tension with a series of seemingly unconnected clues — a note fragment, a military jacket missing a decoration, some animals disemboweled.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 6, 2023
It was, I realized, a textbook illustration of the deep-seated dislike many men have for leopard print—the fear that they, too, might be disemboweled and displayed by the woman in the glistening pelt.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2018
After Bo expertly disemboweled or shredded every last dog toy bought for him by the staff who did our regular shopping, I personally escorted him over to PetSmart in Alexandria one morning.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
