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Thesaurus: embowel

To disembowel.

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  1. v. t. To disembowel.
  2. v. t. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.
  3. 1. To word/disembowel">disembowel. The word/barbarous">barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. The boar . . . makes his trough In your emboweled bosoms. Shak. Note: Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense. 2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser.
  4. v. t. To disembowel. v. t. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury.