Disembowel
/[dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ]/ verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. transitive
"`Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'"
- 2 remove the entrails of wordnet
- 3 To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. transitive
Example
More examples"`Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'"
Etymology
From dis- + embowel.
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