English Explanatory Dictionary

disembowel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
  2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.

Pronunciation

[dɪsɪmˈbaʊ(ə)ɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disembowel.wav

Word forms

disembowel disembowels disemboweling disembowelling disemboweled disembowelled

Etymology

From dis- + embowel.

Related words

disemvowel

Derived words

disemboweller disembowelment
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