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   E·vis·cer·ate

   /əˈvisəˌrāt/

   

   verb

   • 1. disembowel (a person or animal): formal "the goat had been skinned and neatly eviscerated"
   • ▪ deprive (something) of its essential content: formal "myriad little concessions that would eviscerate the project"
   • ▪ remove the contents of (a body organ). formal

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Latin eviscerat- ‘disembowelled’, from the verb eviscerare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + viscera ‘internal organs’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. evisceration noun

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • E

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   • V

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   • I

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   • S

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   • C

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   • E

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   • R

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   • A

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   • T

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   • E

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