disemboweled

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Director and screenwriter Scott Cooper builds tension with a series of seemingly unconnected clues — a note fragment, a military jacket missing a decoration, some animals disemboweled.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 6, 2023

Leaning more by the day toward the sea, their disemboweled husks now hang, like the country, in a state of slow-motion collapse.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 4, 2021

It was, I realized, a textbook illustration of the deep-seated dislike many men have for leopard print—the fear that they, too, might be disemboweled and displayed by the woman in the glistening pelt.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 18, 2018

Signs continue to forbid eating and drinking in stores, though the stores were long ago gutted of merchandise and the food court was similarly disemboweled.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2018

After Bo expertly disemboweled or shredded every last dog toy bought for him by the staff who did our regular shopping, I personally escorted him over to PetSmart in Alexandria one morning.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama