Eviscerate

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/

Origin

From Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare ("to disembowel"), from e ("out") + viscera ("bowels").

Full definition of eviscerate

Verb

1. (transitive) To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
2. (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
• 2005, Congress, Congressional Record, 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. (transitive) To elicit the essence of.
4. (transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
5. (intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.

Synonyms

• exenterate

Derived terms

• evisceration
• eviscerator

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