eviscerate

verb evis·cer·ate \ i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt \

|Updated on: 25 Jul 2018

Examples: eviscerate in a Sentence

Definition of eviscerate

eviscerated; eviscerating

transitive verb

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)

intransitive verb

: to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision

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evisceration

play \i-ˌvi-sə-ˈrā-shən\ noun

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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 of eviscerate from the Web

There is also the sense of an attempt to eviscerate anything Barack Obama did.

— jon lee anderson, The New Yorker, "The Diplomat Who Quit the Trump Administration," 19 May 2018
The rapper was late to Game 2 but arrived in time to watch LeBron eviscerate his Raptors and to give Toronto a new name: LeBronto.

— demetrio teniente, Houston Chronicle, "LeBron James destroyed the Raptors and the memes were perfect," 3 May 2018
The confirmation to the Court of additional anti-gun justices would eviscerate the Second Amendment’s fundamental protections.

— charles cameron, Vox, "The litmus test for a Supreme Court nominee," 5 July 2018
The Senate, after eviscerating the notion of a real citizens’ commission, tossed in a provision creating electoral judicial districts for judges who now run statewide.

— john baer, Philly.com, "Two Pa. House and Senate leaders (sorta) defend our lackluster legislature | John Baer," 1 July 2018
But here, too, the rise of Islamist politics is undermining civil liberties—and, over time, may end up eviscerating Indonesia’s democratic experiment.

— yaroslav trofimov, WSJ, "Rise of Islamic Conservatism Throws Indonesian Democracy Off Balance," 28 June 2018
If you're not ideologically driven to eviscerate the society, then have at it.

— Fox News, "Dr. Zuhdi Jasser on terror threats facing the United States," 18 June 2018
After its premiere, paleontologists around the world swiftly eviscerated the movie for its purposeful ignorance of the two decades of research that challenged the now outdated depictions of dinosaurs in the original film.

— katherine j. wu, Smithsonian, "Five Ways Real Science Would Make the New Jurassic World So Much Better," 12 June 2018
Her exchanges with complacent publishers, tedious journalists, and egotistical writers allow Cusk to eviscerate the characters for their ignorance—of themselves, of one another, and of the changing European political landscape post-Brexit.

— helen rosner, The New Yorker, "Briefly Noted," 6 June 2018

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