eviscerated

[ih-vis-uh-rey-tid]

adjective

1. having the entrails or guts removed; disemboweled.

   This morning an eviscerated deer carcass was discovered on one of the back roads near the farm.

2. deprived of vital or essential parts or elements.

   An eviscerated democracy cannot fulfill its responsibility.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of eviscerate.

Other Word Forms

• uneviscerated adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of eviscerated¹

eviscerate ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Field office and call center staff also have been eviscerated.

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That document was roundly eviscerated by hordes of scientists who were aghast at the distortions and misinterpretations by Kennedy.

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When Bennet Tarlow, an influential Orange County developer, is found eviscerated by a mountain lion in Caspers Wilderness Park, homicide detective Lew Gale — a former Marine sniper — is sent to track and kill the predator.

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Rural hospitals and community health programs stand to be eviscerated.

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Just a few years after welfare reform eviscerated the social safety net and proclaimed the era of “personal responsibility,” Silliker retrofitted the church annex and opened a free medical clinic.

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