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e·vis·cer·ate
[v. ih-vis-uh-reyt; adj. ih-vis-er-it, -uh-reyt] verb, e·vis·cer·at·ed, e·vis·cer·at·ing, adjective verb (used with object)
1.
to remove the entrails from; disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken.
2.
to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.
3.
Surgery. to remove the contents of (a body organ).
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Eviscerate
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Example Sentences
- Eviscerate chicken if necessary and set aside giblets for another purpose.
- She proved herself to be a skillful political player, unafraid to eviscerate rivals.
- Some countries want enough exceptions to eviscerate the proposals almost completely.
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eviscerate
c.1600, from L. evisceratus, pp. of eviscerare, from ex- "out" + viscera "internal organs." Sometimes used 17c. in figurative sense of "to bring out the deepest secrets of." Related: Eviscerated; eviscerating.
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