Evisceration

[i,visə'reiʃən]

Definition

(noun.) 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'.

(noun.) surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient.

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Definition

(a.) A disemboweling.

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