Eviscerate Definition

ĭ-vĭsə-rāt

eviscerated, eviscerates, eviscerating

verb

eviscerated, eviscerates, eviscerating

To remove the viscera from; disembowel.

Webster's New World

To experience such a protrusion.

Webster's New World

To deprive of an essential part; take away the force, significance, etc. of.

Webster's New World

To remove the contents of (an organ).

American Heritage

To protrude through a surgical incision or deep wound: said as of the viscera.

Webster's New World

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Origin of Eviscerate

From Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare (“to disembowel”), from e (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”).

From Wiktionary
Latin ēviscerāre ēviscerāt- ē-, ex- ex- viscera internal organs viscera

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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