eviscerate
Use Eviscerate in a sentence
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 
əˌreɪt; 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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| —vb | |
| 1. | (tr) to remove the internal organs of; disembowel |
| 2. | (tr) to deprive of meaning or significance |
| 3. | (tr) surgery to remove the contents of (the eyeball or other organ) |
| 4. | (intr) surgery (of the viscera) to protrude through a weakened abdominal incision after an operation |
| —adj | |
| 5. | having been disembowelled |
| [C17: from Latin ēviscerāre to disembowel, from viscera entrails] | |
| eviscer'ation | |
| —n | |
| e'viscerator | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
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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Example sentences
Show any sign of weakness, and the faculty will eviscerate you.
And, if the decision is construed broadly, it will essentially eviscerate the promotion subsection of the statute.
If you don't put in the time, it's obvious to a roomful of people who will anonymously eviscerate you at the end of the term.
Such an approach countenances a back door around the privilege and would eviscerate the state secret itself.
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