eviscerate
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare (“to disembowel”), from e (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
eviscerate (third-person singular simple present eviscerates, present participle eviscerating, simple past and past participle eviscerated)
- (transitive) To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
- (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
- 2005, Congress, Congressional Record, volume 151, part 16, page 21847:
- Earlier the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza) got up on the floor, and he was upset that somebody had said that the underlying bill would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act.
- 2005, Congress, Congressional Record, volume 151, part 16, page 21847:
- (transitive) To elicit the essence of.
- (transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
- (intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.
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Translations [edit]
to disembowel
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to make ineffectual or meaningless
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to protrude through surgical incision
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External links [edit]
- eviscerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- eviscerate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
- eviscerate at OneLook Dictionary Search
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Verb [edit]
eviscerate
- second-person plural present indicative of eviscerare
- second-person plural imperative of eviscerare
- feminine plural form of eviscerato
Latin [edit]
Participle [edit]
ēviscerāte
- vocative masculine singular of ēviscerātus
