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
Recent Examples on the Web
Some have nearly eviscerated their foreign language programs.
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Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Raspberry Ketones have been shown in animal studies to help your body eviscerate fat within your body’s cells.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Even casting the monarch’s horoscope was treasonous, and treason’s death sentence was hideous: women were burned alive, men were hanged, drawn, and quartered — hanged until almost dead, eviscerated while still alive, then chopped into pieces.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The Supreme Court eviscerated the authority of the law and of the legislature to pass such a federal law.
—Amanda Nguyen, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
After Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, eviscerated the Senate's bipartisan border proposal, Johnson quickly rejected it.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
The separate 2020 national-security law imposed on the city by Beijing eviscerated dissent in Hong Kong and strangled its civil society — and pro-democracy movement.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
These forbidding outcomes have eviscerated property values for office sites throughout the region and forced commercial real estate owners to find ways to rescue, re-purpose, or replace their office buildings.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
But in an opinion on Tuesday eviscerating his assertion, three federal appeals court judges portrayed his position as not only wrong on the law but also repellent.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Rosemary Salomone, TIME, 7 Apr. 2024
Raspberry Ketones have been shown in animal studies to help your body eviscerate fat within your body’s cells.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 3 Apr. 2024
Even casting the monarch’s horoscope was treasonous, and treason’s death sentence was hideous: women were burned alive, men were hanged, drawn, and quartered — hanged until almost dead, eviscerated while still alive, then chopped into pieces.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
The Supreme Court eviscerated the authority of the law and of the legislature to pass such a federal law.
—Amanda Nguyen, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
After Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, eviscerated the Senate's bipartisan border proposal, Johnson quickly rejected it.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 8 Feb. 2024
The separate 2020 national-security law imposed on the city by Beijing eviscerated dissent in Hong Kong and strangled its civil society — and pro-democracy movement.
—The Editors, National Review, 21 Mar. 2024
These forbidding outcomes have eviscerated property values for office sites throughout the region and forced commercial real estate owners to find ways to rescue, re-purpose, or replace their office buildings.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
But in an opinion on Tuesday eviscerating his assertion, three federal appeals court judges portrayed his position as not only wrong on the law but also repellent.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
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Copy CitationKids Definition
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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