English Explanatory Dictionary

eviscerate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
  2. To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
  3. To elicit the essence of.
  4. To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
  5. To protrude through a surgical incision.

Pronunciation

/ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/ en-au-eviscerate.ogg

Word forms

eviscerate eviscerates eviscerating eviscerated

Etymology

From Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre (“to disembowel”), from e- (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”).

Synonyms

exenterate

Derived words

evisceratingly evisceration eviscerator uneviscerated
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