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DISEMBOWEL (disembowelled, disembowelling)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does disembowel mean?
• DISEMBOWEL (verb)
The verb DISEMBOWEL has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: DISEMBOWEL used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: disemboweled / disembowelled
Past participle: disemboweled / disembowelled
-ing form: disemboweling / disembowelling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove the entrails of
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
disembowel; draw; eviscerate
Context example:
draw a chicken
Hypernyms (to "disembowel" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Context examples
Cherokee might well have been disembowelled had he not quickly pivoted on his grip and got his body off of White Fang's and at right angles to it.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Yes, there is your 'boite' at last: take it into a corner, you genuine daughter of Paris, and amuse yourself with disembowelling it, said the deep and rather sarcastic voice of Mr. Rochester, proceeding from the depths of an immense easy-chair at the fireside.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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