eviscerate
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e·vis·cer·ate
(ĭ-vĭs′ə-rāt′)v. e·vis·cer·at·ed, e·vis·cer·at·ing, e·vis·cer·ates
v.tr.
1. To remove the entrails of; disembowel.
2. To take away a vital or essential part of; weaken, damage, or destroy: a compromise that eviscerated the proposed bill.
3. Medicine
a. To remove the contents of (an organ).
b. To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient).
v.intr. Medicine
To protrude through a wound or surgical incision.
[Latin ēviscerāre, ēviscerāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + viscera, internal organs; see viscera.]
e·vis′cer·a′tion n.
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eviscerate
(ɪˈvɪsəˌreɪt)vb
1. (tr) to remove the internal organs of; disembowel
2. (tr) to deprive of meaning or significance
3. (Surgery) (tr) surgery to remove the contents of (the eyeball or other organ)
4. (Surgery) (intr) surgery (of the viscera) to protrude through a weakened abdominal incision after an operation
adj
having been disembowelled
[C17: from Latin ēviscerāre to disembowel, from viscera entrails]
eˌviscerˈation n
eˈviscerˌator n
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e•vis•cer•ate
(v. ɪˈvɪs əˌreɪt; adj. -ər ɪt, -əˌreɪt)v. -at•ed, -at•ing,
adj. v.t.
1. to remove the entrails from.
2. to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book.
3. to remove the contents of (a body organ) by surgery.
adj. 4. having had the entrails removed.
[1600–10; < Latin ēviscerātus. See viscera.]
e•vis`cer•a′tion, n.
e•vis′cer•a`tor, n.
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eviscerate
Past participle: eviscerated
Gerund: eviscerating
| Imperative |
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| eviscerate |
| eviscerate |
| Present |
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| I eviscerate |
| you eviscerate |
| he/she/it eviscerates |
| we eviscerate |
| you eviscerate |
| they eviscerate |
| Preterite |
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| I eviscerated |
| you eviscerated |
| he/she/it eviscerated |
| we eviscerated |
| you eviscerated |
| they eviscerated |
| Present Continuous |
|---|
| I am eviscerating |
| you are eviscerating |
| he/she/it is eviscerating |
| we are eviscerating |
| you are eviscerating |
| they are eviscerating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have eviscerated |
| you have eviscerated |
| he/she/it has eviscerated |
| we have eviscerated |
| you have eviscerated |
| they have eviscerated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was eviscerating |
| you were eviscerating |
| he/she/it was eviscerating |
| we were eviscerating |
| you were eviscerating |
| they were eviscerating |
| Past Perfect |
|---|
| I had eviscerated |
| you had eviscerated |
| he/she/it had eviscerated |
| we had eviscerated |
| you had eviscerated |
| they had eviscerated |
| Future |
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| I will eviscerate |
| you will eviscerate |
| he/she/it will eviscerate |
| we will eviscerate |
| you will eviscerate |
| they will eviscerate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have eviscerated |
| you will have eviscerated |
| he/she/it will have eviscerated |
| we will have eviscerated |
| you will have eviscerated |
| they will have eviscerated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be eviscerating |
| you will be eviscerating |
| he/she/it will be eviscerating |
| we will be eviscerating |
| you will be eviscerating |
| they will be eviscerating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been eviscerating |
| you have been eviscerating |
| he/she/it has been eviscerating |
| we have been eviscerating |
| you have been eviscerating |
| they have been eviscerating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been eviscerating |
| you will have been eviscerating |
| he/she/it will have been eviscerating |
| we will have been eviscerating |
| you will have been eviscerating |
| they will have been eviscerating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been eviscerating |
| you had been eviscerating |
| he/she/it had been eviscerating |
| we had been eviscerating |
| you had been eviscerating |
| they had been eviscerating |
| Conditional |
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| I would eviscerate |
| you would eviscerate |
| he/she/it would eviscerate |
| we would eviscerate |
| you would eviscerate |
| they would eviscerate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have eviscerated |
| you would have eviscerated |
| he/she/it would have eviscerated |
| we would have eviscerated |
| you would have eviscerated |
| they would have eviscerated |
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Verb 1. eviscerate - surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
2. eviscerate - remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
3. eviscerate - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
4. eviscerate - take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
devitalise, devitalize - sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"
Adj. 1. eviscerate - having been disembowelled
injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"
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eviscerate
verb gut, draw, paunch, disembowel, remove the internal organs of strangling and eviscerating rabbits for the pot
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