evisceration Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
   
2. noun the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
   disembowelment.
   
3. 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

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