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

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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