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Recent Examples of disembowel
These orcas have been seen disemboweling sharks and extracting their livers, a high-energy organ, with surgical precision.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
These orcas have been seen disemboweling sharks and extracting their livers, a high-energy organ, with surgical precision.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 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
Analyzing the legendary unicorn tapestries hanging at the Met Cloisters in New York (augmented here by a gory new panel that depicts the suddenly fearsome animals disemboweling and impaling their aggressors), Ridley concludes that unicorns aren’t nearly as benevolent as most people think.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
These orcas have been seen disemboweling sharks and extracting their livers, a high-energy organ, with surgical precision.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 8 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
Analyzing the legendary unicorn tapestries hanging at the Met Cloisters in New York (augmented here by a gory new panel that depicts the suddenly fearsome animals disemboweling and impaling their aggressors), Ridley concludes that unicorns aren’t nearly as benevolent as most people think.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disembowel
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Overloading the machine means the washer can't clean your clothes properly, and the dryer won't be able to generate air flow to dry clothes evenly.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
8 Aug. 2025
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Look for laptop stands made of alloys that are easy to clean and resist corrosion and pitting.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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When flushing internal pipes, aerators should be removed first (if applicable), prior to flushing.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
13 Aug. 2025
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Grinding the coffee coarsely expedites the filtering of the cold brew, while double-straining — first through a fine-mesh sieve, then through cheesecloth — removes even the finest sediment, as well as much of the oils, and produces the cleanest, brightest cup.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Not only did fans not tune in in large numbers, but it was eviscerated by critics.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Glamour,
7 Aug. 2025
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Republican representative Nicholas Begich of Alaska proposed changes to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) that some scientists say would eviscerate it.—
Ryan Green,
Scientific American,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Disembowel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disembowel. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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