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Definition of: embowel
(em·bou′əl, -boul′) v.t. ·eled or ·elled, ·el·ing or ·el·ling
1. To disembowel; figuratively, to rend.
2. To embed deeply: emboweled in the earth. [Def. 1 <OF en-boweler, alter. of esboueler <es- out (<L ex-) + boel BOWEL; def. 2 <EN-1 + BOWEL]
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