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Recent Examples of disembowel
Just before she can be disemboweled, Ellie is saved by a fortunate attack from the Wolves, and walks away intact.
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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
Citing a police affidavit, local KFOX 14 also reported that Victor Sr. was found with a slit throat, severe head injuries and several stab wounds in addition to being disemboweled.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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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
Citing a police affidavit, local KFOX 14 also reported that Victor Sr. was found with a slit throat, severe head injuries and several stab wounds in addition to being disemboweled.
—Sean Neumann, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembowel
Verb
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Don’t neglect cleaning the interior of the air fryer.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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For instance, Data Engineers and Cloud Architects are now the essential architects of the digital age, cleaning and structuring the massive data sets that AI requires to function.—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
20 Feb. 2026
Verb
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But generally, operations in which a cartel boss is removed lead to more violence and fragmentation of criminal groups.—
Angélica Durán-Martínez,
The Conversation,
24 Feb. 2026
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Located up a hillside in Rutherford, the hotel is slightly removed from the action, but that's part of the charm.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Feb. 2026
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Land and water at risk Home rule is eviscerated.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Feb. 2026
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Remember that the agency was effectively eviscerated for four years under the Biden administration, wide open borders.—
NBC news,
NBC news,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Disembowel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembowel. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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