eviscerated

[ ih-vis-uh-rey-tid ]

/ ɪˈvɪs əˌreɪ tɪd /

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adjective

having the entrails or guts removed; disemboweled:This morning an eviscerated deer carcass was discovered on one of the back roads near the farm.

deprived of vital or essential parts or elements:An eviscerated democracy cannot fulfill its responsibility.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of eviscerate.

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Origin of eviscerated

un·e·vis·cer·at·ed, adjective

First of course, many eviscerated government services are not taken up by business.
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This theme was touched upon in “Paradise Now” and is eviscerated in “Omar.”
'Omar' and the Oscars|Maysoon Zayid|December 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
To meet their budget targets, European allies are gutting already eviscerated military budgets.
America's European Allies Drop the Ball|David Frum|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Civil rights groups suspected that Johnson had willingly eviscerated the 1957 civil rights bill.
David's Bookclub: Mutual Contempt|David Frum|April 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Instantly eviscerated by bloggers, the clip was quickly pulled off the Web—but not before it could be preserved for posterity.
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Thus in the case of a wound which is obviously septic and going to terminate in panophthalmitis the eye should be eviscerated.
A System of Operative Surgery, Volume IV (of 4)|Various
Truth becomes palpable, a theme is eviscerated, thought is lame, science is childish.
Myth and Science|Tito Vignoli
The caterpillars are eviscerated; each by a single beetle, or by several simultaneously.
Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre
All the males, to the number of twenty, have disappeared, eviscerated and completely emptied.
Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre
If he had not succeeded in escaping the ferocious female would undoubtedly have eviscerated him.
Social Life in the Insect World|J. H. Fabre