Evisceration

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A disemboweling; the removal of viscera. countable, uncountable

    "The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife."

  2. 2
    altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value wordnet
  3. 3
    A vigorous verbal or physical assault. broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable

    "The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie."

  4. 4
    the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude wordnet
  5. 5
    surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient wordnet

Synonyms

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disembowelmentabatementattenuationattritionbluntingdamping

Example

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"The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife."

Related phrases

abdominal evisceration

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