disembowels

Removes internal organs

Disembowels means to remove the internal organs from a body, especially by cutting open the abdomen.

The word applies literally to gutting animals or to violent deaths: The hunter disemboweled the deer.

Figuratively, to disembowel something is to strip out its essential contents: Budget cuts disemboweled the program.

figurative

destroys

Causes complete ruin

strips · hollows · devastates · undermines · ruins · weakens · cripples · decimates · ravages · empties

butchery

gutting

Removing internal organs

carcass · slaughter · dressing · field dressing · game processing · cleaning · skinning · quartering · hunting · abattoir

violence

gore

Graphic bloody violence

tearing · stabbing · brutal · savage · killing · wound · blade · disembowelment · seppuku · harakiri

Opposites
bodily integrity

disembowelsheals

Restores to wellness

repairs · restores · mends · sutures · stitches up

wound depth/severity

disembowelsscratches

Shallow marks from abrasion

grazes · nicks · scrapes · abrades · bruises

figurative destruction

disembowelsfills

Occupies completely

stuffs · enriches · fortifies · strengthens · bolsters

Family

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated R