disembowelling
disembowelling is the present participle and gerund of disembowel.
Meaning of disembowel
Verb
disembowel (third-person singular simple present disembowels, present participle (US) disemboweling or (UK) disembowelling, simple past and past participle (US) disemboweled or (UK) disembowelled)
- To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
- `Yea. The people of Kôr ever embalmed their dead, as did the Egyptians, but their art was greater than the art of the Egyptians, for, whereas the Egyptians disembowelled and drew the brain, the people of Kôr injected fluid into the veins, and thus reached every part.'1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC
- To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider.
Noun
disembowelling (plural disembowellings)
- The act by which somebody is disembowelled.
Forms of disembowelling
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Questions about disembowelling
- What does disembowelling mean?
- Disembowelling means the act by which somebody is disembowelled.
- What is disembowelling the present participle and gerund of?
- Disembowelling is the present participle and gerund of disembowel.
- What part of speech is disembowelling?
- Disembowelling is a noun.
- What is the plural of disembowelling?
- The plural of disembowelling is disembowellings.
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