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EMBOWEL

\ɛmbˈa͡ʊə͡l], \ɛmbˈa‍ʊə‍l], \ɛ_m_b_ˈaʊ_əl]\

Definitions of EMBOWEL

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
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Properly, to inclose in something else; but also used for disembowel, to remove the entrails from:-pr.p. embowelling; pa.p. embowelled.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To deprive of the entrails.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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