Thesaurus results for DISEMBOWELED

disemboweled

verb

past tense of disembowel

as in cleaned

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 disemboweled Self, who was also 25, was later found by his neighbor nearly disemboweled. — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati Enquirer, 17 June 2026 The maximum penalty for treason against the king at that time was to be hung by the neck until the edge of death, then disemboweled and torn into four pieces — while still alive. — William Doyle, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025 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 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

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Trash Cans Yes, garbage cans should be cleaned, but few people remember to add them to the chore list.

— Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 6 July 2026
Use pet-safe cleaners and skip harsh chemicals Dog toys cannot be cleaned with just any chemical, as some can be harmful to your pets’ health.

— Taneia Surles, USA Today, 6 July 2026

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If a shrub is causing safety issues, is diseased, or is causing damage to structures, it should be removed.

— Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
The New York Post also confirmed the suspension earlier on Saturday, citing internal police documents that state Scheublin was removed from his position on Tuesday, June 30.

— Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

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