1. to remove the bowels or intestines from; to eviscerate
Usage: archaic or literary; often used in historical or violent contexts

Examples

• The hunter had to disbowel the deer before transporting it.
• In medieval warfare, soldiers were sometimes threatened with being disboweled.
• The butcher disboweled the fish with a single practiced motion.
• Ancient texts describe rituals in which animals were disboweled as offerings.
• The surgeon carefully disboweled the specimen for anatomical study.