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Recent Examples of disembowel
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.
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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
If disembowelling a federal agency does somehow lead to higher reading and math scores, the federal workers who would have tracked this progress won’t be around to tell us about it.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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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
If disembowelling a federal agency does somehow lead to higher reading and math scores, the federal workers who would have tracked this progress won’t be around to tell us about it.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembowel
Verb
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Police also believe Lawson tried to clean the scene.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
5 Sep. 2025
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This creates delays in patient care, from nurses having to run across the campus to fetch IV poles to cardiovascular surgeons having to clean their own offices after each patient, Siebers said.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Following intense backlash from conservatives, the graphic was removed, and the museum issued an apology.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Morgan Pope won the Power of Veto competition this week and removed herself from the block.—
Dina Kaur,
AZCentral.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While one-time attorney Kelly sought to eviscerate Lively and spent quite a bit of time rehashing the case, the actress’ people did the branding equivalent of a shrug.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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The real truth is that lying is not eviscerated.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
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“Disembowel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembowel. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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