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He would have to carry on murdering and disembowelling woman after woman, even when he knew perfectly well that they were not prostitutes, because only this could make him feel fully alive.
disembowel
dis·em·bow·el
/ˌdısəmˈbawəl/ verb , -els, US -eled or Brit -elled, US -el·ing or Brit -el·ling [ + obj ]
: to take the stomach, intestines, etc., out of (an animal or person) : to remove the bowels of (an animal or person)
The fierce cat uses its claws to disembowel its prey.
— sometimes used figuratively
Critics say that the spending cuts will disembowel the program.
dis·em·bow·el·ment /ˌdısəmˈbawəlmənt/ noun [ noncount ]
dis∙em∙bow∙el / ˌdɪsɪmˈbauəl ; ˌdɪsəmˈbaʊəl /
◙verb disembowelled, disembowelling [T]
1. to remove someone's BOWELS
• 取出〔某人〕的肠子
♦disembowelment noun [U]
dis·em·bowel / ˌdisimˈbauəl /
verb (-ll-, NAmE -l-)
[VN] to take the stomach, bowels and other organs out of a person or animal
取出…的内脏;开…的膛
eviscerate
e∙vis∙ce∙rate / ɪˈvɪsəˌret ; ɪˈvɪsəreɪt /
◙verb [T] [formal] or [technical]
1. to cut the organs out of a person's or animal's body
• 切除〔人或动物〕的内脏
evis·cer·ate
/ıˈvısəˌreıt/ verb , -ates, -at·ed, -at·ing [ + obj ]
formal : to take out the internal organs of (an animal) : disembowel
tools used for eviscerating [=gutting] fish
— often used figuratively
Opponents charge that the amendment would eviscerate [=badly weaken] the new law.
eviscerate
evis·cer·ate / iˈvisəreit /
verb [VN]
(formal) to remove the inner organs of a body
切除内脏;切除…的内部器官
SYN disembowel
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