embowel

American

[em-bou-uhl, -boul] / ɛmˈbaʊ əl, -ˈbaʊl /

verb (used with object)

emboweled, emboweling, embowelled, embowelling

to disembowel.
Obsolete. to enclose.

embowel British

/ ɪmˈbaʊəl /

verb

to bury or embed deeply
another word for disembowel

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Other Word Forms

unemboweled

adjective
unembowelled

adjective

Etymology

Origin of embowel

First recorded in 1515–25; em- ¹ + bowel

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