Eviscerate Definition & Meaning

eviscerate
adjective
  1. having been disembowelled
verb
  1. surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
  2. remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
  3. remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
  4. take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"

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