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eviscerate
[ih-vis-uh-reyt, ih-vis-er-it, -uh-reyt]
verb (used with object)
to remove the entrails from; disembowel.
to eviscerate a chicken.
to deprive of vital or essential parts.
The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.
Surgery.to remove the contents of (a body organ).
eviscerate
/ ɪˈɪəˌɪ /
verb
(tr) to remove the internal organs of; disembowel
(tr) to deprive of meaning or significance
(tr) surgery to remove the contents of (the eyeball or other organ)
(intr) surgery (of the viscera) to protrude through a weakened abdominal incision after an operation
adjective
having been disembowelled
Other Word Forms
- evisceration noun
- eviscerator noun
- ˈˌٴǰ noun
- ˌˈپDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of eviscerate1
Word History and Origins
Origin of eviscerate1
Example Sentences
The proposal is being offered as an amendment to Senate Bill 627, a housing measure that would essentially be eviscerated.
Incensed by what he saw as the government’s failure to fulfill its promise to arrest and deport immigrants in the country illegally, he “eviscerated everyone,” according to one official who spoke to the Washington Examiner.
Astrophysics and other aspects of space exploration also are eviscerated, with 19 projects that are already operating destined for cancellation.
Like the Constitution, our iconic cultural institutions can grow to reflect the country they serve, but also like the Constitution, they cannot be threatened or eviscerated at the whim of the president.
In both Trump administrations, there have been multiple ways in which the president has attempted to eviscerate and undermine the protections guaranteed by treaty obligation and U.S. law.
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