Disembowel
(verb)
- To remove the entrails of (an animal or person) by cutting; to eviscerate.
- To remove the contents of (something) in a similar way.
Origin:
From middle english disembowellen, from anglo-norman desemboweler, from des- ("un-") + enboweler ("to gut, eviscerate"), from en- ("in") + bowel ("bowel"), from old english bēowan ("to bend, bow").
Examples:
- The hunter disemboweled the deer.
- The criminal was disemboweled while still alive.
- The fish was disemboweled and cleaned.
- The company disemboweled the project, taking all the profitable parts and leaving the rest behind.
- The old building was disemboweled and gutted to make way for a new development.