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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
disembowel .
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Examples
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"disembowels" government would result from the enactment of ballot measures to eliminate state and local government debt, according to John Knezovich's column in the Aug. 16
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Many will be offended by what's in this book; Klassnik doesn't just gore sacred cows, he disembowels them and devours their entrails.
Seth Abramson: February 2012 Contemporary Poetry Reviews Seth Abramson 2012
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Marduk collages harrowing news reports of female political activists abducted, tortured or "disappeared" in places such as Paraguay, Turkey, and China, and juxtaposes them with an equally violent script: a Sumerian creation myth in which the god Marduk murders and disembowels the goddess Tiamat, splitting her "like a flat fish into two halves" to make "a covering for the heavens".
Nancy Spero: no pity 2011
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Ratings go through the roof and, by year's end, the practice has been exported to the US version of the X Factor, where Piers Morgan disembowels the bottom two on a weekly basis.
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This book disembowels many of the premises and data used to justify the high-stakes accountability rhetoric and school reform strategies currently being advanced.
Gary Stager: Wanna be a School Reformer? You Better do Your Homework! Gary Stager 2010
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Yes, yes, the thought of my country being ruled by a reactionary dimwit who symbolically disembowels everything I stand for is also too much to bear, but maybe not as bad as the trauma of having to copy everybody in my address book.
James Napoli: If Donald Trump Becomes President, I'm Going to Talk About Moving to Europe But Not Really Do It James Napoli 2011
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I will describe pieces of it instead, like the thrilling part where Labaree disembowels the argument for higher U.S. school standards made by Bob Compton, the high-tech entrepreneur who produced the film "Two Million Minutes" and completely skewered me once on cable TV.
Why low standards for education are good Jay Mathews 2010
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Many will be offended by what's in this book; Klassnik doesn't just gore sacred cows, he disembowels them and devours their entrails.
Seth Abramson: February 2012 Contemporary Poetry Reviews Seth Abramson 2012
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This book disembowels many of the premises and data used to justify the high-stakes accountability rhetoric and school reform strategies currently being advanced.
Gary Stager: Wanna be a School Reformer? You Better do Your Homework! Gary Stager 2010
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With a twist she disembowels it, its rancid intestines spilling out onto the floor, and yanks her sword back out of its belly.
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