disemboweled

Definition of disembowelednext
past tense of disembowel
as in cleaned
to take the internal organs out of ancient Roman prophets would disembowel animals in order to read the future from their entrails

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Recent Examples of disemboweled The maximum penalty for treason against the king at that time was to be hung by the neck until the edge of death, then disemboweled and torn into four pieces — while still alive. William Doyle, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025 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). Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025
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  • Synthetic coats can tolerate more washing, though far less than everyday clothing, and faux fur should never be washed—only spot-cleaned.
    Aliyah Rodriguez, The Spruce, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The material is now being cleaned and studied at the Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum in Vernal, where visitors can watch the preparation process in the museum’s fossil lab.
    Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 Jan. 2026
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  • Such spontaneous memorials are typically removed and their contents quietly disposed of.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 22 Jan. 2026
  • He was removed from his car and taken away.
    Reg Chapman, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026

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“Disemboweled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disemboweled. Accessed 23 Jan. 2026.

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