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embowel

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em·bow·el  (m-boul)
tr.v. em·bow·eled or em·bow·elled, em·bow·el·ing or em·bow·el·ling, em·bow·els
1. To disembowel.
2. Obsolete To enclose.
[Obsolete French emboueler, alteration of Old French esbouler : es-, out of (from Latin ex-; see ex-) + Old French boeler (from boel, bouele, entrails; see bowel). Sense 2 : en- + bowel.]
embowel [ɪmˈbaʊəl]
vb Obsolete
1. to bury or embed deeply
2. another word for disembowel


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