evisceration
Americannoun
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the act or process of removing internal organs, especially from the torso.
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an act or instance of depriving something of vital or essential parts.
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Surgery. an act or instance of removing an organ or the contents of an organ from the body.
Vocabulary lists containing evisceration
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The players failed dismally but the reaction will be an evisceration of the coach.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
So the evisceration of TikTok will not necessarily destroy an artist's ability to reach audiences.
From Salon ● Jan. 19, 2025
This was New York Magazine’s issue of June 8, 1970, which led with Tom Wolfe’s gleeful 25,000-word evisceration of a party that had been held at Bernstein’s Park Avenue apartment that January.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2023
After Michigan’s 49-0 evisceration of in-state rival Michigan State on Saturday night, the Wolverines find themselves in an unprecedented situation — within the annals of their storied program and college football history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Injuries to the intestines themselves have already been spoken of, but there are several cases of evisceration worthy of record.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
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