eviscerate

Verb · Adjective
Synonyms: resectdisemboweldraw

WordNet 3.0

Verb (4)

  1. surgically remove a part of a structure or an organSynonyms: resect
  2. remove the contents of“eviscerate the stomach”
  3. remove the entrails of“draw a chicken”Synonyms: disemboweldraw
  4. take away a vital or essential part of“the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed”

Adjective (1)

  1. having been disembowelled
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Eviscerate \E*vis"cer*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Eviscerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Eviscerating.] [L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera.] To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut. [1913 Webster]
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