Definition of "disembowelled" [disembowelled]

• Simple past tense and past participle of disembowel. (verb)

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• "Why did Jackie Ashley break that quote for a handful of words to use the word disembowelled?"
• "With the word "disembowelled" that tension is extended -- is this a literal or figurative use of the term?"
• "Here is The Guardian's Jackie Ashley struggling to get Mel to say what she wants her to say and when she can't she just interposes words like 'disembowelled':"