eviscerate Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
    resect.
  2. verb remove the contents of
    • eviscerate the stomach
  3. verb remove the entrails of
    draw; disembowel.
    • draw a chicken
  4. verb take away a vital or essential part of
    • the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed
  5. adjective satellite having been disembowelled

WordNet

E*vis"cer*ate transitive verb
Etymology
L. evisceratus, p. p. of eviscerare to eviscerate; e out + viscera the bowels. See Viscera.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Eviscerated ; present participle & verbal noun Eviscerating
Definitions
  1. To take out the entrails of; to disembowel; to gut.

Webster 1913