exenterate

American  

[ek-sen-tuh-rayt, ek-sen-ter-it] / ɛkˈsɛn təˌreɪt, ɛkˈsɛn tər ɪt /

verb (used with object)

exenterated, exenterating

1. to remove the contents of; disembowel; eviscerate.

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adjective

1. Surgery. eviscerate.

exenterate British  

verb

1. surgery to remove (internal organs, an eyeball, etc); eviscerate

2. a rare word for disembowel

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adjective

1. rare having been disembowelled

Other Word Forms

• exenteration
  noun

Etymology

Origin of exenterate

1600–10; < Latin exenterātus (past participle of exenterāre to disembowel), equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + enter- (< Greek éntera entrails) + -ātus -ate ¹

Related Words

• decimate
• empty
• eviscerate
• loot
• ransack
• ravage