Thesaurus results for DISEMBOWEL

disembowel

verb

ˌdis-əm-ˈbau̇(-ə)l

Definition of disembowel

as in to clean

to take the internal organs out of ancient Roman prophets would disembowel animals in order to read the future from their entrails

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Recent Examples of disembowel Who knows if, in this upside-down world that currently weighs on her, the june bug can see the nearby corpse of another beetle, accidentally disemboweled by the home’s owner hours before, the white fat peeking out from her rear end like the materialization of her dying breath. — María Ospina, The Dial, 31 Mar. 2026 With encouragement from the Economic Freedom Fighters, a black nationalist party in South Africa inciting anti-white violence, the perpetrators would torture, rape, and disembowel their victims. — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 25 May 2025 Florida recently disemboweled college-level sociology textbooks. — Megan Thiele Strong, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026 That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan). — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disembowel

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Then, cleaning robots would handle waste detection and room upkeep using AI.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
As volunteers fanned out Sunday to clean debris from the beach, leaders blamed social media and out-of-state youths for fueling disorder and pledged a full post-holiday safety review.

— Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of clean

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Three of the reports stemmed from consumers swallowing the metal pieces and seeking medical treatment to remove them from their digestive tract or throat, the agency said.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Residents objected to removing trees and other construction activities.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 3 July 2026

Definition of remove

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The fires eviscerated many of the plants and trees in and around the burn zones, leaving behind barren lots and charred swaths of parkland.

— Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Barton’s work has been eviscerated by scholars, but this has hardly dented his popularity.

— Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026

Definition of eviscerate

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