what does evisceration mean?
EVISCERATION as NOUN
- Meaning
- altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
Usage Example(s)
- the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act
Hypernyms(s) evisceration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- the act of removing the bowels or viscera
- the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
Synonym(s)
Hypernyms(s) evisceration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
Derived(s)
- Meaning
- surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
Hypernyms(s) evisceration is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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