evisceration
pronunciation
How to pronounce evisceration in British English:
UK [ɪvɪsə'reɪʃən]
How to pronounce evisceration in American English:
US [ɪvɪsə'reɪʃən]
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- Noun:
- surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
- the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
- altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
Word Origin
- evisceration (n.)
- 1620s, noun of action from eviscerate.
Example
- 1. The evisceration of their wealth may have led people to look for work rather than retire or stay at home with the children .
- 2. The contrast with health care , where labour 's evisceration of the government has been helped by its own unity on the issue , is instructive .
- 3. Disembowelment or evisceration is the removing of some or all of the vital organs , usually from the abdomen .
- 4. The adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act .
- 5. When you finally eliminate all enemy flyers , drop your vikings into assault mode and complete the evisceration of the zerg base .