— evisceration , n. — eviscerator , n.
v. /i vis"euh rayt'/ ; adj. /i vis"euhr it, -euh rayt'/ , v. , eviscerated, eviscerating , adj.
v.t.
1. to remove the entrails from; disembowel: to eviscerate a chicken.
2. to deprive of vital or essential parts: The censors eviscerated the book to make it inoffensive to the leaders of the party.
3. Surg. to remove the contents of (a body organ).
[ 1600-10; evisceratus, ptp. of eviscerare to deprive of entrails, tear to pieces, equiv. to e- E- + viscer ( a ) VISCERA + -atus -ATE 1 ]