eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
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eviscerated;
eviscerating
Definition of eviscerate
1a
: to take out the entrails of : disembowel
b
: to deprive of vital content or force
2
: to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
: to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision
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Other Words from eviscerate
evisceration
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noun
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noun
Examples of eviscerate in a Sentence
the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them
Recent Examples on the Web
Holland was eviscerated on Twitter the night of Aug. 15 after serving up the walk-off grand slam to Bryce Harper in the Cubsâ 7-5 loss to the Phillies. — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, "Yu Darvish isnât afraid to engage critics on Twitter: âSometimes I get in trouble ... sometimes I post stupid thingsâ," 27 Aug. 2019 Helpless defences were eviscerated by the duo's blistering pace and ruthlessly efficient finishing. — SI.com, "Franck Ribery: Seven of the Bayern Munich Legend's Greatest Moments Following Fiorentina Switch," 22 Aug. 2019 And yet, millions of marauding wild pigs have invaded large swaths of the southern U.S., eviscerating crops, gobbling up endangered sea turtles and trampling archaeological sites in a rampage showing no signs of letting up. — Alex Horton, Twin Cities, "Alex Horton: Think 30-50 feral hogs is a joke? Millions are rampaging across the country.," 8 Aug. 2019 And yet, millions of marauding wild pigs have invaded large swaths of the southern U.S., eviscerating crops, gobbling up endangered sea turtles and trampling archaeological sites in a rampage showing no signs of letting up. — oregonlive.com, "Think 30-50 feral hogs is a joke? Millions more are rampaging across the country.," 6 Aug. 2019 So all our SMHs and Kim Kardashian crying memes arenât eviscerating the English language? — Megan Mcdonough, Vox, "Is the internet killing language? LOL, no.," 29 July 2019 Efforts to eviscerate federal blight-fighting and affordable housing programs have been underway for years. — Danielle Ohl, ProPublica, "Trump Called Baltimore âVermin Infestedâ While the Federal Government Fails to Clean Up Rodents in Subsidized Housing," 14 Aug. 2019 The essay, which eviscerated Indiaâs nuclear policy for placing the lives of millions in danger, wasnât so much written as breathed out in a stream of fire. — Samanth Subramanian, The New Yorker, "The Prescient Anger of Arundhati Roy," 12 June 2019 In 2013, the Supreme Court eviscerated the Voting Rights Act, holding, in part, that the law unfairly assumed racial bias on the part of white Southerners. — Jelani Cobb, The New Yorker, "The Supreme Court Just Legitimized a Cornerstone Element of Voter Suppression," 3 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'eviscerate.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for eviscerate
eviscerate
verb
English Language Learners Definition of eviscerate
formal
: to take out the internal organs of (an animal)
See the full definition for eviscerate in the English Language Learners Dictionary
eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
| \ i-Ëvis-É-ËrÄt
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eviscerated;
eviscerating
Medical Definition of eviscerate
1
: to remove the viscera of
2
: to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
: to protrude through a surgical incision or suffer protrusion of a part through an incision
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