eviscerate

verb

evis·cer·ate i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt

eviscerated; eviscerating

Synonyms of eviscerate next

transitive verb

: to take out the entrails of : disembowel

: to deprive of vital content or force

: 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

Example Sentences

the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them

Recent Examples on the Web Instead, the GOP is still talking about budget cuts and a plan to engineer a debt ceiling standoff in order to eviscerate the social safety net. —

Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 23 Feb. 2023 Méndez Ruiz is part of an ongoing effort by the Guatemalan right to eviscerate the country’s judiciary, including High Risk Courts like Gálvez’s. —

Peter Canby, The New York Review of Books, 15 Nov. 2022 Hawk owls in particular eviscerate small mammals before eating their heads and organs, thereafter caching the remains. —

Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 28 Jan. 2013 Borat returned on the evening of Dec. 4 at the Kennedy Center Honors (via The Guardian) to eviscerate Kanye West for his outspoken antisemitism. —

Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022 The biggest armed conflict in Europe since the Second World War rages on as Russia, with barbaric intensity and kamikaze drones, seeks to eviscerate its neighbor Ukraine. —

Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 29 Dec. 2022 Obviously, there's theater which can eviscerate people, disturb their emotions, and so on. —

Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 30 Sep. 2022 Like ants and termites, their colonies have a caste of specialised soldiers, with powerful jaws that eviscerate invading worms from other colonies. —

Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2010 In the sharpest words possible, critics like the Guardian’s Jay Rayner regularly eviscerate restaurants with glee. —

Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 24 Oct. 2022 See More

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