eviscerate

verb

evis·​cer·​ate i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt 

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

evisceration

i-ˌvi-sə-ˈrā-shən 

noun

Synonyms of eviscerate

• clean
• remove

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

Our farmers were paying tremendous tariffs into Canada, and those tariffs are going to be totally eviscerated. — ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026

Lasting more than 10 minutes, the image begins eviscerated of scale and depth before slowly recovering a figure-ground relationship — from a smudgy surface to be contemplated to an image of a body moving through a landscape. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Lyle Ashton Harris’s performance on the roof of the Aspen Art Museum later that night, however, abounded with flow, to emotionally eviscerating effect. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The day before, 22-year-old Jan Ullrich had eviscerated his opponents in a 55km time trial in and around Saint-Etienne. — Duncan Alexander, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare, from e- + viscera viscera

First Known Use

1599, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a

Rhymes for eviscerate

• abbreviate
• accelerate
• accommodate
• accumulate
• acuminate
• adjudicate
• adulterate
• affiliate
• agglomerate
• agglutinate
• alleviate
• amalgamate

Kids Definition

eviscerate

verb

evis·​cer·​ate i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt 

eviscerated; eviscerating

: to take out the internal organs of

evisceration

-ˌvis-ə-ˈrā-shən 

noun

Medical Definition

eviscerate

verb

evis·​cer·​ate i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt 

eviscerated; eviscerating

transitive verb

1

: to remove the viscera of

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

evisceration

i-ˌvis-ə-ˈrā-shən 

noun

Confronted with the reality of recurrent graft failure and vision loss, … the patient and his family opted against further attempts at corneal transplantation, and chose evisceration …

—Artemis Matsou, Ophthalmology Times Europe