eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt 
eviscerated; eviscerating
1
a
: to take out the entrails of : disembowel
b
: to deprive of vital content or force
2
: to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
: to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision
Examples of eviscerate in a Sentence
the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them
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Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
One such outpost is home to a Knesset member from Smotrich’s party, Simcha Rothman, a key figure in the government’s effort to eviscerate Israel’s judicial system.
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—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
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Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
One such outpost is home to a Knesset member from Smotrich’s party, Simcha Rothman, a key figure in the government’s effort to eviscerate Israel’s judicial system.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 19 Dec. 2024
In a new report in the Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society, scientists announced that 2024 PT5 is just 33 feet long—on the order of one thousand times punier than the Chicxulub impactor that eviscerated the dinosaurs.
—Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Sep. 2024
Zoom out: Most of the blame is being pointed at Xi, including his capricious crackdowns on homegrown tech giants and IPOs (both at home and overseas) that eviscerated business certainty.
—Dan Primack, Axios, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Eviscerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eviscerate. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt
eviscerated; eviscerating
: to take out the internal organs of
Medical Definition
eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt
eviscerated; eviscerating
1
: to remove the viscera of
2
: to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
: to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision
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