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Adjective: eviscerate  i'vi-su`reyt
  1. Having been disembowelled
Verb: eviscerate  i'vi-su`reyt
  1. Surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
    - resect
     
  2. Remove the contents of
    "eviscerate the stomach"
     
  3. Remove the entrails of
    "eviscerate a chicken"
    - disembowel, draw
     
  4. Take away a vital or essential part of
    "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"

Derived forms: eviscerating, eviscerates, eviscerated

See also: evisceration, injured

Type of: devitalise [Brit], devitalize, empty, remove, take, take away, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Eviscerate