disembowel
verb
dis·em·bow·el
ˌdis-əm-ˈbau̇(-ə)l 
disemboweled; disemboweling; disembowels
1
: to take out the bowels of : eviscerate
also
: to slash or tear the abdomen so that some or all of the internal organs protrude
2
: to remove the substance of
a program disemboweled by spending cuts
Examples of disembowel in a Sentence
The fierce cat uses its claws to disembowel its prey.
ancient Roman prophets would disembowel animals in order to read the future from their entrails
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That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Just before she can be disemboweled, Ellie is saved by a fortunate attack from the Wolves, and walks away intact.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
With encouragement from the Economic Freedom Fighters, a black nationalist party in South Africa inciting anti-white violence, the perpetrators would torture, rape, and disembowel their victims.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 May 2025
In the opposite of that scene’s vibe, Dina and Ellie then come across disemboweled, lynched people who’ve been killed by the Scars.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 5 May 2025
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
Just before she can be disemboweled, Ellie is saved by a fortunate attack from the Wolves, and walks away intact.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 26 May 2025
With encouragement from the Economic Freedom Fighters, a black nationalist party in South Africa inciting anti-white violence, the perpetrators would torture, rape, and disembowel their victims.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 May 2025
In the opposite of that scene’s vibe, Dina and Ellie then come across disemboweled, lynched people who’ve been killed by the Scars.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 5 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for disembowel
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“Disembowel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disembowel. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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disembowel
verb
dis·em·bow·el
ˌdis-əm-ˈbau̇(-ə)l
disemboweled or disembowelled; disemboweling or disembowelling
: to take out the bowels of
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