eviscerate

To eviscerate is defined as to take out body organs, or to remove the essential part of something.

(verb)

When a kidney is removed, this is an example of a time when a surgeon eviscerates the kidney.
When a compromise about a law essentially renders the law useless by removing all of the essential elements of the original law, this is an example of when the law is eviscerated.

See eviscerate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

Origin: < L evisceratus, pp. of eviscerare < e-, out + viscera, viscera

intransitive verb

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See eviscerate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb e·vis·cer·at·ed, e·vis·cer·at·ing, e·vis·cer·ates

verb, transitive

To remove the entrails of; disembowel.
To take away a vital or essential part of: a compromise that eviscerated the proposed bill.
Medicine
a. To remove the contents of (an organ).
b. To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient).

verb, intransitive
Medicine

To protrude through a wound or surgical incision.

Origin:

Origin: Latin ēviscerāre, ēviscerāt-

Origin: : ē-, ex-, ex-

Origin: + viscera, internal organs; see viscera

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