verb
- to remove the bowels or internal organs from (a person or animal)
Usage: often used in historical or violent contexts
Examples
- The ancient punishment was to disembowel traitors.
- Hunters must field dress and disembowel their game.
- The medieval torture involved threatening to disembowel prisoners.
- Butchers disembowel livestock as part of processing.
- The warrior was sentenced to be disemboweled for treason.
- Traditional preparation required them to disembowel the fish completely.