Thesaurus results for GUTTED

gutted

verb

past tense of gut

as in cleaned

to take the internal organs out of you'll need to gut the fish and wash it out before you can cook it

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Fortunately for Fields, Harrison Butker cleaned it up and made the field goal.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2026
The chaos aided a teammate as cornerback Chris Roland-Wallace cleaned things up for a 1-yard loss.

— Jesse Newell, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026

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The locomotive’s engine cylinders have been removed, and its crankcase was bare.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 22 Aug. 2026
The vaccine, in combination with Keytruda , met key goals in patients with higher-risk or advanced melanoma whose detectable cancer had been completely removed through surgery.

— Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 22 Aug. 2026

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gutted it out

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