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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Trump has eviscerated the Office for Civil Rights, the avenue through which Jewish students once pursued legal protection.
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James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Legal Defense Fund; Politico via AP The conservative-majority Supreme Court will consider whether to eviscerate a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act today in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
In the next scene, Ed treats his first fan—his sometime girlfriend Adeline Watkins—to the spectacle of a dead, nude woman, eviscerated and strung up like a carcass in a slaughterhouse.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Her body was decapitated and eviscerated.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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James Druckman, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Legal Defense Fund; Politico via AP The conservative-majority Supreme Court will consider whether to eviscerate a key provision of the landmark Voting Rights Act today in a congressional redistricting case from Louisiana.
—Christian Orozco, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2025
In the next scene, Ed treats his first fan—his sometime girlfriend Adeline Watkins—to the spectacle of a dead, nude woman, eviscerated and strung up like a carcass in a slaughterhouse.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Her body was decapitated and eviscerated.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Eviscerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eviscerate. Accessed 22 Oct. 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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