"eviscerate" meaning in English

See eviscerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/ Audio: en-au-eviscerate.ogg [Australia] Forms: eviscerates [present, singular, third-person], eviscerating [participle, present], eviscerated [participle, past], eviscerated [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin vīscera Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin ēviscerāre ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin ēviscerātusbor. English eviscerate From Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre (“to disembowel”), from e- (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”), equivalent to e- (“out”) + viscera + -ate. 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  1. (transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera. Tags: transitive
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  2. (transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless. Tags: transitive Translations (to make ineffectual or meaningless): բովանդակազրկել (bovandakazrkel) (Armenian), ontkrachten (Dutch), verzwakken (Dutch), mitätöidä (Finnish), entkräften (German), schwächen (German), bedeutungslos machen (German), aushöhlen (German), unterlaufen (German), unterminieren (German), опустошать (opustošatʹ) (Russian), опорожнять (oporožnjatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eviscerate-en-verb-eXRQhQk~ Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English terms prefixed with e- (outward), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 15 22 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 24 16 18 23 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (outward): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of 'to make ineffectual or meaningless': 0 99 1 0 1
  3. (transitive) To elicit the essence of. Tags: transitive Translations (to elicit the essence of): uithollen (Dutch), kiteyttää (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-eviscerate-en-verb-NjXiBX42 Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English terms prefixed with e- (outward), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 15 22 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 24 16 18 23 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (outward): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of 'to elicit the essence of': 1 0 97 1 1
  4. (transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents. Tags: transitive Translations (to remove an organ or its contents): poistaa (Finnish), Organ entnehmen (German), ausweiden (German)
    Sense id: en-eviscerate-en-verb-D7J3hXnL Categories (other): Surgery, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English terms prefixed with e- (outward), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb) Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 15 22 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 24 16 18 23 19 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (outward): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 22 17 19 21 20 Topics: medicine, sciences, surgery Disambiguation of 'to remove an organ or its contents': 18 0 2 77 3
  5. (intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision. Tags: intransitive Translations (to protrude through surgical incision): leikata (Finnish), выхолащивать (vyxolaščivatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-eviscerate-en-verb-cRpiQWlR Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with e- (outward), English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 22 15 22 24 17 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 24 16 18 23 19 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 13 16 20 35 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with e- (outward): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 22 17 19 21 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 18 15 17 18 32 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 18 14 17 17 34 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 17 14 21 20 29 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 18 14 17 17 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 15 18 15 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 18 15 18 18 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 15 18 15 36 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 15 18 15 36 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 17 13 16 17 37 Disambiguation of 'to protrude through surgical incision': 2 0 2 2 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: exenterate Derived forms: evisceratingly, evisceration, eviscerator, uneviscerated

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "(transitive) To disembowel; to remove the viscera."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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          "ref": "2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 05 Jun 2021:",
          "text": "Coming on stage at sunrise on the Sunday, Jefferson Airplane greet the new day explaining they’re not a “hippie band” but “manic morning music”, then eviscerate Fred Neil’s Other Side of Life. Somebody to Love is also taken at breakneck speed – this turns out to be an energy tablet before a leaden day.",
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          "ref": "2005, Congress, Congressional Record, volume 151, part 16, page 21847:",
          "text": "Earlier the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza) got up on the floor, and he was upset that somebody had said that the underlying bill would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless."
      ],
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          "ineffectual",
          "ineffectual"
        ],
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          "meaningless",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To elicit the essence of."
      ],
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          "elicit"
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          "essence",
          "essence"
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        "(transitive) To elicit the essence of."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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        "en:Surgery"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To remove a bodily organ or its contents."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "surgery",
          "surgery"
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        [
          "remove",
          "remove"
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          "bodily"
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        [
          "organ",
          "organ"
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          "contents",
          "contents"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
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        "medicine",
        "sciences",
        "surgery"
      ]
    },
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        "English intransitive verbs"
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      "glosses": [
        "To protrude through a surgical incision."
      ],
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          "surgical",
          "surgical"
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          "incision"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision."
      ],
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        "of viscera"
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      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/ɪˈvɪsəˌɹeɪt/"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "exenterate"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "lang_code": "hy",
      "roman": "bovandakazrkel",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "բովանդակազրկել"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "ontkrachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "verzwakken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "mitätöidä"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "entkräften"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "schwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "bedeutungslos machen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "aushöhlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "unterlaufen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "unterminieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "opustošatʹ",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "опустошать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "oporožnjatʹ",
      "sense": "to make ineffectual or meaningless",
      "word": "опорожнять"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "sense": "to elicit the essence of",
      "word": "uithollen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to elicit the essence of",
      "word": "kiteyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to remove an organ or its contents",
      "word": "poistaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to remove an organ or its contents",
      "word": "Organ entnehmen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "to remove an organ or its contents",
      "word": "ausweiden"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "to protrude through surgical incision",
      "word": "leikata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "vyxolaščivatʹ",
      "sense": "to protrude through surgical incision",
      "word": "выхолащивать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "eviscerate"
}

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