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How to pronounce evisceration in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms disembowelment
Type of removal, remotion
Derivation eviscerate
Type Words
Type of devaluation


the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act.
Type Words
Type of operation, surgical process, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgery

Examples of evisceration

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Pietersen's evisceration of Dale Steyn was one of the moments of the tournament.
From the guardian.co.uk
But if you're looking for an evisceration of capitalism, you won't find it here.
From the guardian.co.uk
Such an evisceration from a head of state might be enough to crush many people.
From the guardian.co.uk
This culture of death is also contributing to an evisceration of human empathy.
From the infowars.com
We've grown somewhat accustomed to the annual evisceration of student diets.
From the guardian.co.uk
A chance for Spain to retrieve some pride after Barcelona's evisceration?
From the goal.blogs.nytimes.com
The result is the inexorable evisceration of the carbon caps that would be put in place.
From the sacbee.com
The result was not only the cancellation of the season but the evisceration of the staff.
From the sacbee.com
I would also emphasise that this is not a total evisceration of football.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
More examples
  • Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
  • Disembowelment: the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
  • 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"
  • (eviscerate) having been disembowelled
  • (eviscerate) resect: surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
  • (eviscerate) remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
  • (eviscerate) take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
  • Evisceration is a method of autotomy involving the ejection of internal organs used by animals as a defensive strategy.
  • An evisceration is the removal of the eye's contents, leaving the scleral shell and extraocular muscles intact.Cassin, B. and Solomon, S. Dictionary of Eye Terminology. Gainsville, Florida: Triad Publishing Company, 1990.Zein W. Eyeweb.org. Accessed September 25, 2006. ...