eviscerate
English
WOTD – 25 July 2012
Etymology
From Latin evisceratus, past participle of eviscerare (“to disembowel”), from e (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/
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Verb
eviscerate (third-person singular simple present eviscerates, present participle eviscerating, simple past and past participle eviscerated)
- (transitive) To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
- (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
- 2005, Congress, Congressional Record, volume 151, part 16, page 21847:
- Earlier the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza) got up on the floor, and he was upset that somebody had said that the underlying bill would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act.
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- (transitive) To elicit the essence of.
- (transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
- (intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.
Synonyms
- exenterate
Derived terms
- evisceration
- eviscerator
Translations
to disembowel
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to make ineffectual or meaningless
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to elicit the essence of
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to remove an organ or its contents
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to protrude through surgical incision
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Further reading
- eviscerate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- eviscerate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- eviscerate at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- tea service
Italian
Verb
eviscerate
- second-person plural present indicative of eviscerare
- second-person plural imperative of eviscerare
- feminine plural of eviscerato
Latin
Participle
ēviscerāte
- vocative masculine singular of ēviscerātus