disembowel

Definition

To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate.

Etymology

From dis- + embowel.

Example Sentences

• "`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.'"