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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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
Leaning more by the day toward the sea, their disemboweled husks now hang, like the country, in a state of slow-motion collapse.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
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
Signs continue to forbid eating and drinking in stores, though the stores were long ago gutted of merchandise and the food court was similarly disemboweled.
From New York Times ● Jul. 25, 2018
I found some straws that need to be disemboweled.
From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway
