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eviscerated

American  
[ih-vis-uh-rey-tid] / ɪˈvɪs əˌreɪ tɪd /

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

Etymology

Origin of eviscerated

eviscerate ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )

Example Sentences

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The low-budget action thriller was self-financed, heavily restricted in the director’s home country of Germany and eviscerated by the movie critics who wrote about it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Courts have allowed the broad electronic privacy protections in the federal Wiretap Act to be eviscerated by companies claiming consent.

From Salon Apr. 23, 2026

The match-winning try scored by Italy utility back Leonardo Marin once again involved a line-break in the 10-metre channel - a microcosm of England's vulnerabilities out wide after being eviscerated there by Scotland and Ireland.

From BBC Mar. 13, 2026

And this influencer, with a sharp blond bob and glass skin, is trying on jackets at a small-town Goodwill, where the merchandise has not yet been eviscerated by other consumers completing their own “hauls.”

From Slate Jan. 26, 2026

They'll be quoted, parsed, fact-checked, eviscerated by those who disagree, and then forgotten in the wake of new blurbs that come out tomorrow.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

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