evisceration
(noun)
noun
1. surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
Definition categories: act, operation, surgery
2. the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
Similar word(s): disembowelment
Definition categories: act, remotion, removal
3. 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
Definition categories: act, devaluation
Sentences with evisceration as a noun:
- The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.
- The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.