eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt 
eviscerated; eviscerating
1
a
: 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
Examples of eviscerate in a Sentence
the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them
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Push for a European army The Ukrainian leader spoke the day after US Vice President JD Vance eviscerated America’s European allies at the security conference, in a speech that barely touched on the issue of Ukraine and a potential settlement with Russia.
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Caitlin Danaher, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Blocking Elon Musk's efforts 'to eviscerate the federal government'
DOGE and the Musk team's efforts to access the computer systems of numerous federal agencies are the focus of many of the legal pushback efforts.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
However, Ukraine’s European neighbors may be less receptive to Mr. Zelenskyy’s requests for more military largess if their people are virtually freezing in their homes and their budgets are being eviscerated by massive natural gas cost increases.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
That logic was criticized by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion in Alston and flat-out eviscerated by Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion, which described the NCAA and its member institutions as a cartel that suppresses athlete compensation.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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Caitlin Danaher, CNN, 15 Feb. 2025
Blocking Elon Musk's efforts 'to eviscerate the federal government'
DOGE and the Musk team's efforts to access the computer systems of numerous federal agencies are the focus of many of the legal pushback efforts.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025
However, Ukraine’s European neighbors may be less receptive to Mr. Zelenskyy’s requests for more military largess if their people are virtually freezing in their homes and their budgets are being eviscerated by massive natural gas cost increases.
—Daniel Markind, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
That logic was criticized by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion in Alston and flat-out eviscerated by Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion, which described the NCAA and its member institutions as a cartel that suppresses athlete compensation.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Feb. 2025
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“Eviscerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eviscerate. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt
eviscerated; eviscerating
: to take out the internal organs of
Medical Definition
eviscerate
verb
evis·cer·ate
i-ˈvis-ə-ˌrāt
eviscerated; eviscerating
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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