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disembowel

verb
/dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ/UK

Etymology

From dis- + embowel.

  1. derived from botellus
  2. derived from boiel
  3. borrowed from bouel
  4. prefixed as embowel — “en + bowel”
  5. prefixed as disembowel — “dis + embowel”

Definitions

  1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of

    To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

  2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.

The neighborhood

Derived

disemboweller, disembowelment

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA