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eviscerate

Syllabification: (e·vis·cer·ate)

Pronunciation: /iˈvisəˌrāt/

Definition of eviscerate

verb

[with object] formal

disembowel (a person or animal):the goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated
deprive (something) of its essential content:myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project
Surgery remove the contents of (a body organ).