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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).

Derivatives

evisceration

Pronunciation: /iˌvisəˈrāSHən/
noun

Origin:

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

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