Meaning of EVISCERATE
| Pronunciation: | | i'visu`reyt
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- [adj] having been disembowelled
- [v] take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
- [v] remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
- [v] Medicine: remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
- [v] Medicine: surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
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| | Synonyms: | | disembowel, draw, injured, resect |
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| | See Also: | | devitalise, devitalize, empty, remove, remove, take, take, take away, take away, withdraw, withdraw | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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| | Related Terms: | | abate, attenuate, blunt, bowel, cramp, cripple, damp, dampen, deaden, debilitate, devitalize, disembowel, draw, dull, enervate, enfeeble, exhaust, extenuate, gruel, gut, lay low, mitigate, paunch, rattle, reduce, sap, shake, shake up, soften up, unbrace, undermine, unman, unnerve, unstrengthen, unstring, weaken |
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