e|vis|cer|ate

e|vis|cer|ate
e|vis|cer|ate «ih VIHS uh rayt», verb, -at|ed, -at|ing, adjective.
–v.t.
1. to remove the bowels from; disembowel: »

The butcher eviscerated a chicken.

2. Figurative. to deprive of something essential.
–adj.
having the viscera protruding through an abdominal incision after an operation.
[< Latin ēvīscerāre (with English -ate1) < ex- out + vīscera viscera]

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