Synonyms of disemboweling

disemboweling

verb

present participle of disembowel

as in cleaning

to take the internal organs out of

ancient Roman prophets would disembowel animals in order to read the future from their entrails

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cleaning
• removing
• drawing
• eviscerating
• gutting
• extracting
• cutting
• excising
• dressing
• withdrawing
• yanking
• transplanting
• boning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of disemboweling

Varga contributed costumes, props, sets and visual artwork to Gwar, which became infamous beyond the metal world for their grotesque (if good-natured) theatrics, which included disemboweling effigies of religious and political figures onstage. — Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Films that accompanied the curriculum also showed the Netsilik disemboweling a seal and carving up a caribou. — Jonathan Zimmerman, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025