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Recent Examples of disembowel
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembowel
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On May 6, 2016, Kianna and her sister, Miah, were home cleaning the house for Mother’s Day while Fiona was work.—
Gloria Casas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 May 2026
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Rescuers pulled his body from the water after half an hour and rushed him to Los Angeles General Medical Center, where Michelle works on the overnight cleaning crew.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
8 May 2026
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On the Met steps, Osaka opened her dress and removed her headpiece for a grand reveal underneath.—
Beatrice Dupuy,
Chicago Tribune,
5 May 2026
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While the salt helps with debris and odor, soap and warm water help to remove more residue and bacteria.—
Olivia McIntosh,
Martha Stewart,
4 May 2026
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The Israeli military has been publishing videos on social media and in releases to the press showing entire neighborhoods eviscerated in seconds, the concrete homes and shops erupting into clouds of dust at the push of a detonator.—
Kat Lonsdorf,
NPR,
30 Apr. 2026
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Courts have allowed the broad electronic privacy protections in the federal Wiretap Act to be eviscerated by companies claiming consent.—
Anne Toomey McKenna,
The Conversation,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Disembowel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembowel. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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