eviscerate

pronunciation

How to pronounce eviscerate in British English: UK [ɪˈvɪsəreɪt]word uk audio image

How to pronounce eviscerate in American English: US [ɪ'vɪsəreɪt] word us audio image

  • Verb:
    surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
    remove the contents of
    remove the entrails of
    take away a vital or essential part of
  • Adjective:
    having been disembowelled

Word Origin

eviscerate (v.)
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.

Example

1. Rupture is much better than eviscerate , even without the glyph .
2. I will eviscerate you in fiction .
3. Chinese slogan : a cup of milk a day , eviscerate a nation !
4. Would you want to cut a pig 's throat and eviscerate him ?
5. But moving swiftly to eviscerate the health care law isn 't merely a not-so-subtle overture to the conservative base .

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