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disembowelment

disembowelment

1 9.9
Removing the internal organs from a body, especially the intestines
  • noun
  • /ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəlmənt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : evisceración
  • - Lloyd, I'll simulate your disembowelment.

Examples

  • I forget the name, but it had some guy getting his face eaten off, disembowelment, de-braining, etc.

    Blog text (1)
  • We are spared seeing the cutting: we are on Wallace's face as the disembowelment begins.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • I should like to speak to Victor in Disembowelment.

  • Uh, what kind of victims, what I want my trademark to be, whether I wanna use guns, or knives, or disembowelment.

  • The ear-to-ear facial lacerations, disembowelment, you keep this information to yourselves.

  • 'I mean you get your psychos now and then' you know animal slaughter ritual human disembowelment, but that's really pretty rare.

  • Much though I don't relish descriptions of disembowelments, it was a shame when the tense atmosphere was shattered.

    Blog text (12)
  • From impalement, disembowelment, dismemberment, decapitation, electrocution, suffocation, and over here the ever popular blunt force trauma.

  • The disembowelment of the animal was performed by the skilled butcher, who ensured it was done humanely.

  • The ancient texts described the ritualistic disembowelment of sacrificial offerings to appease the gods.

Synonyms

evisceration
vsdisembowelment
  • NSFW
1 9.9

Taking out internal organs from a body, often during surgery

is used for removal in general, often nonmedical and focusing on the intestines
exenteration
vsdisembowelment
  • Specialized
9.9

Removal of organs from a body area in a major operation, often the eye or lower belly

is broader, applying to removing internal organs generally, especially intestines
extirpation
vsdisembowelment
  • Specialized
9.9

The removal of a body part or tissue by surgery

is specific to removing internal organs, often referring to the intestines

Surface Forms

Morphology

disembowelment = disembowel (semi-transparent) = dis + em + bowel + ment

The suffix '-ment' forms a noun of action from the verb 'disembowel' in a fully regular and predictable way.

Etymology

The word disembowelment is built from dis- meaning 'remove' and bowel meaning 'intestines', so it literally means 'removing the bowels' from a body.