Disbowelling

/dɪsˈbaʊəlɪŋ/ verb

Definition

The act of removing the bowels or intestines from something, or metaphorically, removing the essential contents or strength from something.

Etymology

From dis- (prefix meaning to undo or reverse) + bowel (from Old French 'boel' meaning intestine, from Latin 'botellus'). The -ing suffix makes it a present participle.

Kelly Says

This brutal verb appears in historical accounts of punishment and medieval writing—it's one of those words that reveals how viscerally specific old English could be about violence, using body parts as metaphors for completeness.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ሰላም
se-lam
ARالعربية
خلع
akhla'
BNবাংলা
প্রকৃতি
pro-k-ri-ti
CACatalà
despullar
des-poo-lar
CSČeština
vyjmut vnitřností
vy-jmut vnit-resh-nos-ti
DADansk
udskille indre organer
ud-skil-le in-dre or-gan-er
DEDeutsch
Ausnehmen
ow-s-neh-men
ELΕλληνικά
απογυμνώ
a-po-gym-no
ESEspañol
desentrañamiento
des-en-tra-nya-miento
FAفارسی
بیرون آوردن
bi-ro-on a-vard-en
FISuomi
sisäelimet
sis-ä-eli-met
FRFrançais
éviscération
e-vis-se-ra-tion
GUGU
ખાલી
kha-li
HAHA
tsalla
tsalla
HEעברית
להסיר
le-hi-sir
HIहिन्दी
अंगों को निकालना
ang-on ko nikal-na
HUMagyar
belső szervek
bel-so szer-vek
IDBahasa Indonesia
mencabut isi
men-ca-but i-si
IGIG
nwa
nwa
ITItaliano
eviscerazione
e-vis-ce-ra-zione
JA日本語
内臓を取り除くこと
naizō o torikazoku koto
KKKK
көші
ko-shi
KMKM
ប្រកប
bra-k-bap
KO한국어
내장 제거
nae-jang je-geo
MRMR
खाली
kha-li
MSBahasa Melayu
mencabut isi
men-ca-but i-si
MYမြန်မာ
တင်
tin
NLNederlands
inwendig verwijderen
in-wen-dig ve-r-wij-den
NONorsk
fjerne indre organer
fer-ne in-dre or-gan-er
PAPA
ਖਾਲੀ
kha-li
PLPolski
wykuć
v-ku-ch
PTPortuguês
desenterramento
des-en-ter-ra-men-to
RORomână
a scoate organele interne
a sko-ate or-ga-ne-le in-ter-ne
RUРусский
выпотрошительство
vy-po-tro-shi-tel-stvo
SVSvenska
inre organer
in-re or-gan-er
SWKiswahili
kuja
koo-ja
TAதமிழ்
உள் உறுப்புகள்
ul ur-upp-ugal
TEతెలుగు
పరిశుభ్రం
pa-ri-shu-bram
THไทย
แกะไส้
geah-sai
TLTL
alis
a-lis
TRTürkçe
iç organları çıkarmak
iç organ-ları çık-ar-mak
UKУкраїнська
видалити
vi-da-liti
URاردو
خالی کرنا
khali kar-na
VITiếng Việt
mổ nội tạng
mo noi tang
YOYO
gba
gba
ZH中文
掏出肠子
tāo chū chángzi
ZUZU
thola
thola

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