disemboweling
Removing internal organs
Disemboweling is the act of removing the internal organs, especially the intestines, from a body.
The term applies to gutting animals for butchering or taxidermy, to gruesome violence in combat or torture, and to horror fiction: The killer disemboweled his victims.
Figuratively, to disembowel something is to gut it of essential contents: Budget cuts disemboweled the program.
Also spelled disembowelling.
Removing internal organs
- goreGraphic bloody violence
- slaughterKilling for meat
- brutalitySavage, merciless behavior
- mutilationDamaging a body severely
viscera · entrails · carnage · bloodshed · dismemberment · killing · murder · attack
Ritualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- harakiriRitual Japanese suicide
- hara-kiriRitualized Japanese suicide
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- punishmentPenalty for an offense
capital · medieval · samurai · dishonorable · condemned · public · scaffold · executioner
Removing internal organs
- dressingSauce for salads
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
- gameOrganized play or sport
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
offal · skinning · hunting · slaughtering · preparation · giblets · viscera · entrails
Removing internal organs
- hollowingMaking concave inside
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- ruiningCausing complete destruction
weakening · undermining · emptying · dismantling · devastating · crippling · neutralizing · defanging
gutting
Removing internal organs
mutilation · viscera · entrails · carnage · bloodshed · dismemberment · killing · murder · attack · wound
seppuku
Ritualized Japanese self-disembowelment
- harakiriRitual Japanese suicide
- hara-kiriRitualized Japanese suicide
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
punishment · capital · medieval · samurai · dishonorable · condemned · public · scaffold · executioner · beheading
gutting
Removing internal organs
carcass · offal · skinning · hunting · slaughtering · preparation · giblets · viscera · entrails · quartering
gutting
Removing internal organs
- hollowingMaking concave inside
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
ruining · weakening · undermining · emptying · dismantling · devastating · crippling · neutralizing · defanging · sabotaging
sacrifice
Giving up something precious
- offeringSomething presented or given
- ceremonialRelating to formal rites
- divinationForetelling through mystical means
augury · entrails · omen · reading · ancient · temple · altar · priest · religious · sacred
disembowelinghealing
Restoration of health
mending · restoring · preserving · protecting · suturing
disembowelingscratching
Raking with nails
grazing · skin abrasion · nicking · bruising · scraping
disembowelingnurturing
Supportive care-giving
caressing · tending · caring for · cherishing · cradling
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