disembowel
verb (used with object)
to remove the bowels or entrails from; eviscerate.
have disembowelled
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present perfectof disembowel.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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They have disembowelled the great lovers of antiquity till Cleopatra serves to adorn a prudish tale and Lancelot to point a moral.
From The Hero by W. Somerset (William Somerset) Maugham
Reason and science have disembowelled it, have removed its heart and its brain.
From Satires And Profanities by G. W. (George William) Foote
