disembowel
/ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl/
verb
- To remove the internal organs (especially the intestines) from a person or animal's body.
- In ancient times, some warriors would disembowel their enemies as a brutal act of war.
- The horror movie showed a monster that would disembowel its victims with its claws.
- The hunter learned how to disembowel a deer quickly and cleanly in the field.
- To remove the essential or inner contents of something, making it empty or powerless.
- The new law threatened to disembowel the environmental protection agency by cutting its funding.
- The editor's cuts disemboweled the novel, removing all the emotional depth.
- The scandal disemboweled the company's reputation, leaving it with no customers.
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