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embowel

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

verb (used with object)

emboweled, emboweling, embowelled, embowelling

  1. to disembowel.

  2. Obsolete. to enclose.

embowel British  
/ ɪmˈbaʊəl /

verb

  1. to bury or embed deeply

  2. 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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