disemboweling

English

Verb

disemboweling

  1. present participle and gerund of disembowel

Noun

disemboweling (plural disembowelings)

  1. The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
    • 2008 June 15, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Up in Smoke”, in New York Times‎:
      He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.
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