gutting

verb

present participle of gut
as in cleaning
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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  1. cleaning
  2. removing
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  • Like other regular cleaning tasks, cleaning rugs should happen regularly.
    — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Go room by room, cleaning with soap and water first and then disinfecting, as the American Cleaning Institute advises.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of cleaning
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  • The platform offered another reason, however, for removing Polson's articles and blocking his accounts from further submissions.
    — TODD WALLACK THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 8 Nov. 2026
  • With the Democrats’ takeover of Congress, time has run out on eliminating the Department of Education—not that this was possible without removing the Senate filibuster—or making any other significant legislative changes.
    — Ilya Shapiro, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Definition of removing
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“Gutting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gutting. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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