Eviscerate
verb
To take out the internal organs of a body, especially an animal.
The hunter eviscerated the deer after the hunt.
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- eviscerate an animal
- eviscerate a body
verb
To remove the strength, vitality, or essential parts from something.
The new laws eviscerated the organization's power.
Often appears as...
- eviscerate power
- eviscerate strength
verb
To critically damage or destroy something, especially by removing its most important parts.
The judge eviscerated the defendant's argument in court.
Often appears as...
- eviscerate an argument
- eviscerate a case
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
verb
To take out the internal organs of a body, especially an animal.
The hunter eviscerated the deer after the hunt.
Often appears as...
- eviscerate an animal
- eviscerate a body
verb
To remove the strength, vitality, or essential parts from something.
The new laws eviscerated the organization's power.
Often appears as...
- eviscerate power
- eviscerate strength
verb
To critically damage or destroy something, especially by removing its most important parts.
The judge eviscerated the defendant's argument in court.
Often appears as...
- eviscerate an argument
- eviscerate a case
Usage tips
Formal, Disapproving
Legal
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Pro Tip 1/3Graphic Imagery
Used in contexts with a strong visual element, often unpleasant.
The novel's detailed scene eviscerated the creature in a gruesome manner.
Pro Tip 2/3Hunting Terminology
Commonly used among hunters and butchers when processing game or livestock.
After tracking the wild boar, they eviscerated it to prepare the meat.
Pro Tip 3/3Not For Casual Use
Considered technical; usually not used in everyday conversation.
The biologist demonstrated how to eviscerate the specimen for research.
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Video examples
Grave Secrets of...
eviscerated it's completely dried out and a lot of the flesh is gone from rest of the body but we're looking at skin impressions but this was the time the first time the term dinosaur mummy was applied quite interesting as a hundred years this year so it's timely in many respects for looking at these things
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Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
Their stories were so horrific, and so mind-blowing and so on the other side of human existence, that to be perfectly honest with you, I was shattered. And I will tell you that what happened is through that shattering, listening to the stories of eight-year-old girls who had their insides eviscerated,
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Toward a science of...
conditions and hence extendable in both vertical and horizontal directions part of my interest in this I have to say is that I would like to how do I put this politely change the way or maybe eviscerate the capital structure of the
Video examples
Grave Secrets of...
eviscerated it's completely dried out and a lot of the flesh is gone from rest of the body but we're looking at skin impressions but this was the time the first time the term dinosaur mummy was applied quite interesting as a hundred years this year so it's timely in many respects for looking at these things
Video examples
Eve Ensler: Embrace your...
Their stories were so horrific, and so mind-blowing and so on the other side of human existence, that to be perfectly honest with you, I was shattered. And I will tell you that what happened is through that shattering, listening to the stories of eight-year-old girls who had their insides eviscerated,
Video examples
Toward a science of...
conditions and hence extendable in both vertical and horizontal directions part of my interest in this I have to say is that I would like to how do I put this politely change the way or maybe eviscerate the capital structure of the
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Quote examples
Richard Grenell
American Diplomat
For decades, the liberal media eviscerated the Religious Right and other conservatives for their own attacks against liberal social causes. Over time, the media labeled anyone who didn't agree with the Left's world view as intolerant.
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Tom Perez
American Politician
We're the party that's fought for increased wages, fought for the union movement, fought to make sure that collective bargaining is not eviscerated, it's strengthened. And when we communicate those messages, we succeed.
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Steve Scalise
American Politician
The bottom line is, what are we doing to Obamacare? We eviscerate the law in our bill, and then we do things like expanding health savings accounts, which give families real flexibility. We reform Medicaid.
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Olympia Dukakis
American Actress
Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA.
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Michael O'Rielly
American Public Servant
No, we didn't 'slash' children's programming or eviscerate our rules by creating loopholes to allow those inclined to avoid airing any kids' programming at all, as some have asserted.
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Rob Delaney
American Athlete
But I also know in standup, there's nowhere to hide. You get on stage and you deliver, or you are eviscerated and you are thrown into a pile of bodies at the bottom of a mountain.
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Judy Chicago
American Artist
With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's definitely changed.
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Richard Lewis
American Comedian
I know what my sweet spot has been. It's personal stuff, dysfunction, fear of intimacy, family stuff, psychology stuff. I eviscerate myself onstage.
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Cheo Hodari Coker
American Journalist
Because I'm a former critic, I view criticism differently than most do. I can take criticism, but if you're going to eviscerate us, be specific.
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Felicity Huffman
American Actress
Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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Richard Grenell
American Diplomat
For decades, the liberal media eviscerated the Religious Right and other conservatives for their own attacks against liberal social causes. Over time, the media labeled anyone who didn't agree with the Left's world view as intolerant.
Quote examples
Tom Perez
American Politician
We're the party that's fought for increased wages, fought for the union movement, fought to make sure that collective bargaining is not eviscerated, it's strengthened. And when we communicate those messages, we succeed.
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Steve Scalise
American Politician
The bottom line is, what are we doing to Obamacare? We eviscerate the law in our bill, and then we do things like expanding health savings accounts, which give families real flexibility. We reform Medicaid.
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Olympia Dukakis
American Actress
Sometimes I feel as if four thousand years of silencing women, of the fear of women who were burned in oil or eviscerated in front of their daughters, is imprinted deep within me and has altered my DNA.
Quote examples
Michael O'Rielly
American Public Servant
No, we didn't 'slash' children's programming or eviscerate our rules by creating loopholes to allow those inclined to avoid airing any kids' programming at all, as some have asserted.
Quote examples
Rob Delaney
American Athlete
But I also know in standup, there's nowhere to hide. You get on stage and you deliver, or you are eviscerated and you are thrown into a pile of bodies at the bottom of a mountain.
Quote examples
Judy Chicago
American Artist
With my early work I got eviscerated by my male professors, and so you learned to disguise your impulses, as many women have done. And that's definitely changed.
Quote examples
Richard Lewis
American Comedian
I know what my sweet spot has been. It's personal stuff, dysfunction, fear of intimacy, family stuff, psychology stuff. I eviscerate myself onstage.
Quote examples
Cheo Hodari Coker
American Journalist
Because I'm a former critic, I view criticism differently than most do. I can take criticism, but if you're going to eviscerate us, be specific.
Quote examples
Felicity Huffman
American Actress
Congress is attempting to eviscerate women's health care. Like many women across America, I am outraged.
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