Disemboweling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
"He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him."
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of disembowel form-of, gerund, participle, present
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More examples"He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him."