gutted
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of gutted
First recorded in 1990–95; gut ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Garmin was best known for car GPS units, a business that smartphones gutted.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
"True Blue Noel Gallagher" is on the cover of the Sunday People, saying he is "gutted for fans" over the Man City financial rule "breaches".
From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026
Like that gutted TV cabinet, his sad eyes are a window into the sensitive boy inside the grown man.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
Pruned flowerbeds stand in front of gutted and mangled apartment blocks.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Under the stars and with the night colder all the time he ate half of one of the dolphin fillets and one of the flying fish, gutted and with its head cut off.
From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway
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