embowel

  • 11embowel — /ɛmˈbaʊəl/ (say em bowuhl) verb (t) (embowelled or, US, emboweled, embowelling or, US, emboweling) → disembowel …

  • 12embowel — A rare, if not obsolete, word meaning disembowel …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 13embowel — v.tr. (embowelled, embowelling; US emboweled, emboweling) archaic = DISEMBOWEL. Etymology: OF emboweler f. esboueler (as EX (1), BOWEL) …

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  • 14Emboweled — Embowel Em*bow el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emboweled}or {Embowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emboweling} or {Embowelling}.] 1. To disembowel. [1913 Webster] The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. [1913 Webster] The boar . . . makes his trough In… …

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  • 15Emboweling — Embowel Em*bow el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emboweled}or {Embowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emboweling} or {Embowelling}.] 1. To disembowel. [1913 Webster] The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. [1913 Webster] The boar . . . makes his trough In… …

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  • 16Embowelled — Embowel Em*bow el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emboweled}or {Embowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emboweling} or {Embowelling}.] 1. To disembowel. [1913 Webster] The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. [1913 Webster] The boar . . . makes his trough In… …

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  • 17Embowelling — Embowel Em*bow el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Emboweled}or {Embowelled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Emboweling} or {Embowelling}.] 1. To disembowel. [1913 Webster] The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. [1913 Webster] The boar . . . makes his trough In… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 18Ejection — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Motion out of, actively. < N PARAG:Ejection >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ejection ejection emission effusion rejection expulsion eviction extrusion trajection Sgm: N 1 discharge discharge Sgm: N 1 emesis …

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  • 19disembowel — c.1600, from DIS (Cf. dis ) + embowel. Earlier form was disbowel (mid 15c.); embowel, with the same meaning, is attested from 1520s. Related: Disemboweled; disembowelment …

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  • 20Disembowel — Dis em*bow el (d[i^]s [e^]m*bou [e^]l), v. t. [See {Embowel}.] 1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. [1913 Webster] Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook. [1913 Webster] Roaring floods and cataracts… …

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