disemboweling

English

Verb

disemboweling

1. present participle and gerund of disembowel

Noun

disemboweling (plural disembowelings)

1. The act by which somebody is disemboweled.
   • 2008 June 15, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Up in Smoke”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.