Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense disembowels, present participle disembowelling, past tense, past participle disembowelledregional note: in AM, use disemboweling, disemboweled
1. verb
To disembowel a person or animal means to remove their internal organs, especially their stomach, intestines, and bowels.
It shows a fox being disembowelled by a pack of hounds. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: gut, eviscerate, remove the innards from, draw More Synonyms of disembowel
2. verb
To disembowel something means to take out the inside of it, especially in a such a way that it is destroyed or made completely useless.
[literary]
Next, she disembowelled a melon with a quiet fury. [VERB noun]
The interiors were disembowelled and rebuilt. [VERB noun]
disembowel in British English
(ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl)
verbWord forms: -els, -elling, -elledWord forms: US-els, -eling or -eled
(transitive)
to remove the entrails of
Derived forms
disembowelment (ˌdisemˈbowelment)
noun
disembowel in American English
(ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌdisemˈboweled or ˌdisemˈbowelled, ˌdisemˈboweling or ˌdisemˈbowelling
to take out the bowels, or entrails, of; eviscerate
Derived forms
disembowelment (ˌdisemˈbowelment)
noun
Synonyms of 'disembowel'
gut, eviscerate, remove the innards from, draw
More Synonyms of disembowel
(verb)
Definition
to remove the entrails of
an animal which stalks and disembowels its prey
Synonyms
gut
It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.