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eviscerate

verb
/ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/

Etymology

From Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre (“to disembowel”), from e- (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”).

  1. derived from ēviscerātus

Definitions

  1. To disembowel

    To disembowel; to remove the viscera.

    • Desecrate me / Tear me limb from limb / Eviscerate me / Chew me to death

  2. To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.

    • Earlier the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza) got up on the floor, and he was upset that somebody had said that the underlying bill would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act.

  3. To elicit the essence of.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. To remove a bodily organ or its contents.

    2. To protrude through a surgical incision.

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Derived

evisceratingly, evisceration, eviscerator, uneviscerated

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