exenterate

American  

[ek-sen-tuh-reyt, 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

Example Sentences

He says then, they were "exenterated" or "cleaned out of the immense sums of money they carried with them, together with the loss of many lives."

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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