Associations to the word «Evisceration»

Wiktionary

EVISCERATION, noun. A disemboweling; the removal of viscera
EVISCERATION, noun. A vigorous verbal assault

Dictionary definition

EVISCERATION, noun. Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient.
EVISCERATION, noun. The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude.
EVISCERATION, noun. Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value; "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act".

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