Definition
disbowelled
verb
- past tense and past participle of disbowel; to remove the bowels or internal organs from; to eviscerate.
Usage: formal or literary; often used in historical or violent contexts
Examples
- The ancient ritual disbowelled the sacrificial animal as part of the ceremony.
- Historical accounts describe how the warrior was disbowelled in battle.
- The fish was quickly disbowelled before being prepared for cooking.
- Medieval texts reference how criminals were sometimes disbowelled as punishment.
- The surgeon carefully disbowelled the specimen for anatomical study.