eviscerate

C2 Topic:Actions & Processes

US /ɪˈvɪs.əˌreɪt/ UK /ɪˈvɪs.ə.reɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #53966

Meanings

1

verb
to remove the internal organs or entrails from a person or animal

The biology class observed how the specimen had been eviscerated for examination.
2

verb
to remove the contents of an organ, cavity, or other structure

The surgeon had to eviscerate the damaged eye after the severe injury.
3

verb
figurative: to deprive a law, argument, institution, or work of its essential force or content

The final amendments eviscerated the bill's consumer protections.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to remove the internal... disembowel gut

2 verb · to remove the contents of... remove the contents ofexenterate

3 verb · figurative: to deprive a... guthollow outweaken drastically

Opposites

fill strengthen preserve

Word family

Forms eviscerating

Derived forms eviscerationevisceratoreviscerating

Related forms viscera entrails disembowel

Etymology

From Latin eviscerare, 'to disembowel,' formed from e- or ex-, 'out,' + viscera, 'internal organs.' Figurative use treats a rule, argument, or institution as a body whose vital contents have been removed.

Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# eviscerate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈvɪs.əˌreɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈvɪs.ə.reɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 53966

## Meanings
1. to remove the internal organs or entrails from a person or animal
2. to remove the contents of an organ, cavity, or other structure
3. figurative: to deprive a law, argument, institution, or work of its essential force or content

## Examples
- The biology class observed how the specimen had been eviscerated for examination.
- The surgeon had to eviscerate the damaged eye after the severe injury.
- The final amendments eviscerated the bill's consumer protections.

## Synonyms
- disembowel
- gut
- exenterate
- hollow out

## Antonyms
- fill
- strengthen
- preserve

## Derived Forms
- evisceration
- eviscerator
- eviscerating

## Related Forms
- viscera
- entrails
- disembowel

## Etymology
From Latin eviscerare, 'to disembowel,' formed from e- or ex-, 'out,' + viscera, 'internal organs.' Figurative use treats a rule, argument, or institution as a body whose vital contents have been removed.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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