disembowel
verb (used with object)
to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
had disembowelled
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past perfectof disembowel.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He did not notice that he was now in the neighbourhood of the dangerous mill-pond, and went, after he had disembowelled the stag, to the water, in order to wash his blood-stained hands.
From Household Tales by Brothers Grimm by Margaret Hunt
