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DISEMBOWELLING
DISEMBOWEL
disembowel, eviscerate, draw
(verb) remove the entrails of; “draw a chicken”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
disembowelling
(chiefly, British, Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Irish, South African) present participle of disembowel
Noun
disembowelling (plural disembowellings)
The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
Source: Wiktionary
DISEMBOWEL
Dis`em*bow"el, v. t. Etym: [See Embowel.]
1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook. Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson.
2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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