evisceration

American  

[ee-vis-uh-ray-shuhn] / i vɪs əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

1. the act or process of removing internal organs, especially from the torso.

2. an act or instance of depriving something of vital or essential parts.

3. Surgery. an act or instance of removing an organ or the contents of an organ from the body.

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Example Sentences

There were former Australia internationals remarking how impressed they were by England's bowling, and writers sharpening their knives for an evisceration of the home team.

From BBC • Dec. 2, 2025

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

Ankylosis.—Fixation of the crico-arytenoid joints with an approximation of the cords may require evisceration of the larynx.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier