as in cleaning
to take the internal organs out of
the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them
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Recent Examples of eviscerating
The Thunder are incredible, their arena is deafening and their defense is eviscerating.
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Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
Arcangela Tarabotti, a seventeenth-century Venetian nun who was put into a convent against her will, wrote a critique of coerced enclosure that begins by eviscerating the idea that men are by nature superior to women.
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Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
The multiplatinum-selling rapper-singer-songwriter, who has been vocal but not exactly outspoken on political topics over her nearly 20-year career, is known equally for her freestyling prowess as her penchant for eviscerating her enemies, in her songs, online, wherever.
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Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Feb. 2026
This week, Lil Baby has more than a few outtakes, Luke Combs gets the girl dads teary-eyed, and GloRilla is eviscerating her doubters.
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Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
5 Dec. 2025
Not surprisingly, each went on to have dominant seasons, eviscerating their competition in doing so.
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Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Years later, Tropic Thunder maintains its reputation as a fearlessly politically incorrect comedy and eviscerating send-up of Hollywood.
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Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Sitting in a room full of pretentious ex-friends and mentally eviscerating them all is a universal human experience.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Jared Weiss,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
Arcangela Tarabotti, a seventeenth-century Venetian nun who was put into a convent against her will, wrote a critique of coerced enclosure that begins by eviscerating the idea that men are by nature superior to women.
—
Chandler Fritz,
The New York Review of Books,
21 Mar. 2026
The multiplatinum-selling rapper-singer-songwriter, who has been vocal but not exactly outspoken on political topics over her nearly 20-year career, is known equally for her freestyling prowess as her penchant for eviscerating her enemies, in her songs, online, wherever.
—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Feb. 2026
This week, Lil Baby has more than a few outtakes, Luke Combs gets the girl dads teary-eyed, and GloRilla is eviscerating her doubters.
—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
5 Dec. 2025
Not surprisingly, each went on to have dominant seasons, eviscerating their competition in doing so.
—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
Years later, Tropic Thunder maintains its reputation as a fearlessly politically incorrect comedy and eviscerating send-up of Hollywood.
—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Sitting in a room full of pretentious ex-friends and mentally eviscerating them all is a universal human experience.
—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for eviscerating
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Dilute your cleaning solutions and don't forget to rinse and dry when you're finished.
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Scott Schrader is the chief marketing manager at the home-cleaning company CottageCare in Colorado.
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Crews are focusing on the 15 feet along the roadsides, trimming trees that are still alive to help prevent fire from laddering into the crowns and removing dead trees.
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In fact, according to Rakestraw, one of the biggest mistakes homeowners make is assuming the babies have been abandoned and removing them immediately.
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