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eviscerate

Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɪsəreɪt/

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 (the eyeball).

Derivatives

evisceration

Origin:

late 16th century: from Latin eviscerat- 'disembowelled', from the verb eviscerare, from e- (variant of ex-) 'out' + viscera 'internal organs'