disembowel
verb (used with object)
to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
disembowels
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present tense formof disembowel (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In . . . intervals passive, idling and greedy, she munches apples . . . disembowels chocolate eclairs arranges the fire . . lights some sticks of what she calls 'smell-good.'
From Time Magazine Archive
A taxidermist of the Past, Present and Future; one who disembowels, stuffs and mounts all the gods, living and dead; one who fills up with straw and sawdust all illusions.
From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Elbert Hubbard
He disembowels it, scrutinizing the internal evidences of its structure and history, and thence infers the causes of past vicissitudes, existing relations, and appearances.
From An Expository Outline of the "Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation" With a Notice of the Author's "Explanations:" A Sequel to the Vestiges by Anonymous
At the approach of the breeding season, before the eggs are laid, the Ephippigera turns upon her still living mate, disembowels him, and eats as much of him as her appetite will allow.
From Social Life in the Insect World by Bernard Miall
The queen bee does not eat her mate, but she disembowels him.
From Under the Maples by John Burroughs
