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em·bowel (em bo̵u′əl)

transitive verb emboweled -·eled or embowelled -·elled, emboweling -·el·ing or embowelling -·el·ling

  1. Rare disembowel
  2. Obsolete to embed deeply

Etymology: OFr enboweler, altered < esboueler < es- (L ex), out of + bouel, bowel

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