eviscerate

e·vis·cer·ate

 (ĭ-vĭs′ə-rāt′)

v. e·vis·cer·at·ed, e·vis·cer·at·ing, e·vis·cer·ates

v.tr.

1. To remove the entrails of; disembowel.

2. To take away a vital or essential part of; weaken, damage, or destroy: a compromise that eviscerated the proposed bill.

3. Medicine

a. To remove the contents of (an organ).

b. To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient).

v.intr. Medicine

To protrude through a wound or surgical incision.

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[Latin ēviscerāre, ēviscerāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + viscera, internal organs; see viscera.]

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e·vis′cer·a′tion n.

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eviscerate

(ɪˈvɪsəˌreɪt)

vb

1. (tr) to remove the internal organs of; disembowel

2. (tr) to deprive of meaning or significance

3. (Surgery) (tr) surgery to remove the contents of (the eyeball or other organ)

4. (Surgery) (intr) surgery (of the viscera) to protrude through a weakened abdominal incision after an operation

adj

having been disembowelled

[C17: from Latin ēviscerāre to disembowel, from viscera entrails]

eˌviscerˈation n

eˈviscerˌator n

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e•vis•cer•ate

(v. ɪˈvɪs əˌreɪt; adj. -ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt)

v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.

1. to remove the entrails from.

2. to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book.

3. to remove the contents of (a body organ) by surgery.

adj.

4. having had the entrails removed.

[1600–10; < Latin ēviscerātus. See viscera.]

e•vis`cer•a′tion, n.

e•vis′cer•a`tor, n.

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eviscerate

Past participle: eviscerated
Gerund: eviscerating

Imperative

eviscerate

eviscerate

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Thesaurus

Verb	1.	eviscerate - surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ resect practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
	2.	eviscerate - remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach" practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
	3.	eviscerate - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken" disembowel, draw remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
	4.	eviscerate - take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed" devitalise, devitalize - sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"
Adj.	1.	eviscerate - having been disembowelled injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"

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eviscerate

verb gut, draw, paunch, disembowel, remove the internal organs of strangling and eviscerating rabbits for the pot

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Translations

kiteyttäämitätöidäpoistaasuolistaa

eviscerate

[ɪˈvɪsəreɪt] VT → destripar

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eviscerate

vt → ausnehmen; person → entleiben

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