Disembowel

Dis`em*bow"el

(ds`m*bou"l), v. t. [See Embowel.] 1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.
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Soon after their death, they are disemboweled.
Cook.
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Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep
From disemboweled earth the virgin gold.
Thomson.
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2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [R.] "Her disemboweled web." J. Philips.
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