eviscerate
verb (used with object)
to remove the entrails from; disembowel.
was eviscerating
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past progressiveof eviscerate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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But while Justice Beale was eviscerating of Patterson on Monday, Mr Wilkinson was his characteristically gracious self.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2025
Last year, Doug Chambers, a former WeWork executive, was similarly inspired and co-founded Daybase on the principle that virtual work was isolating but commuting was eviscerating.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2021
Min was eviscerating Pinto’s and Wallison’s arguments in early 2011.
From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2019
When Fredette was eviscerating college defenders, these were the types of stories that trailed him like confetti.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2016
In 2008-09, we concluded the time had come to integrate the print and digital operations, an extremely difficult task culturally and made even more challenging in an economic crisis that was eviscerating advertising income.
From Forbes ● Jul. 18, 2014
