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Noun: disembowelment  ,dis-in'baw(u-)l-munt
  1. The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
    "The historical account described the gruesome disembowelment of the prisoner";
    - evisceration

Derived forms: disembowelments

Type of: remotion [archaic], removal

Encyclopedia: Disembowelment