disemboweled

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 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 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disemboweled
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  • Remote Controls, Light Switches, and Electronics Television remotes, gaming controllers, keyboards, and other electronics are touched constantly but may rarely get cleaned.
    Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 16 June 2026
  • After removing the tick, the bite area should be cleaned with soap and water, rubbing alcohol, or another antiseptic.
    Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
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  • Eco effort While the property has removed single-use plastics from the guest rooms and spa, small single-use plastic water bottles are still prevalent throughout the hotel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 June 2026
  • Rivero, who also singled in the third and has seven hits in his last seven at-bats, was removed in the fifth because of a left wrist injury.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026

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“Disemboweled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disemboweled. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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