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disembowelings

disembowelings is the plural of disemboweling.

Meaning of disemboweling

Noun

disemboweling (plural disembowelings)

  1. The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
    • He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.2008 June 15, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Up in Smoke”, in New York Times

Questions about disembowelings

What is disembowelings the plural of?
Disembowelings is the plural of disemboweling.

Words near disembowelings in the dictionary

  1. disembowel
  2. disemboweled
  3. disemboweler
  4. disembowelers
  5. disemboweling
  6. disembowelings
  7. disembowelled
  8. disemboweller
  9. disembowellers
  10. disembowelling
  11. disembowellings

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