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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024e•vis•cer•ate (v. i vis′ə rāt′;adj. i vis′ər it, -ə rāt′),USA pronunciation v., -at•ed, -at•ing, adj. v.t. - to remove the entrails from;
disembowel:to eviscerate a chicken. - to deprive of vital or essential parts:The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.
- Surgeryto remove the contents of (a body organ).
- Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre to deprive of entrails, tear to pieces, equivalent. to ē- e- + viscer(a) viscera + -ātus -ate1
- 1600–10
e•vis′cer•a′tion, n. e•vis′cer•a′tor, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: eviscerate /ɪˈvɪsəˌreɪt/ vb - (transitive) to remove the internal organs of; disembowel
- (transitive) to deprive of meaning or significance
- (transitive) to remove the contents of (the eyeball or other organ)
- (intransitive) (of the viscera) to protrude through a weakened abdominal incision after an operation
adj - having been disembowelled
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin ēviscerāre to disembowel, from viscera entrailseˌviscerˈation n eˈviscerˌator n |