evisceration (n.)

"act of eviscerating," 1620s, noun of action from eviscerate.

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"remove the entrails of, disembowel," c. 1600 (figurative); 1620s (literal), from Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare "to disembowel," from assimilated form of ex "out" (see ex-) + viscera "internal organs" (see viscera). Sometimes used 17c. in a figurative sense of "to bring out the deepest secrets of." Related: Eviscerated; eviscerating.

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Definitions of evisceration

evisceration (n.)

surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient;

evisceration (n.)

the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude;

Synonyms: disembowelment

evisceration (n.)

altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value;

the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act

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