eviscerates
Tears out insides
Eviscerates means disembowels—removes the internal organs from a body, as in butchering or surgery.
The figurative sense dominates modern usage: to eviscerate something is to gut it of substance or force.
The amendment eviscerates the original bill.
Critics eviscerated the film.
A law eviscerated of its penalties remains on the books but accomplishes nothing.
Removes the entrails
- gutsEntrails or boldness
- dismembersCuts off limbs
- butchersKills and prepares livestock
- dressesOne-piece women's garments
cleans · fillets · slaughters · organs · carcass · game processing · field dressing · hunting
Causes complete ruin
- demolishesTears down completely
- decimatesDestroys most of
- shredsTorn-up fragments
- tears apartForcibly pulls into pieces
annihilates · obliterates · savages · excoriates · dismantles · skewers · slams · pans
Entrails or boldness
- hollows outEmpties the interior
- weakensReduces strength or power
- underminesWeakens by stealth
- stripsNarrow cut pieces
defangs · neuters · dilutes · emasculates · enfeebles · nullifies · legislation · regulation
disembowels
Removes the entrails
- gutsEntrails or boldness
- dismembersCuts off limbs
- butchersKills and prepares livestock
dresses · cleans · fillets · slaughters · organs · carcass · game processing · field dressing · hunting · animal processing
destroys
Causes complete ruin
- demolishesTears down completely
- decimatesDestroys most of
- shredsTorn-up fragments
tears apart · annihilates · obliterates · savages · excoriates · dismantles · skewers · slams · pans · trashes
guts
Entrails or boldness
- hollows outEmpties the interior
- weakensReduces strength or power
- underminesWeakens by stealth
strips · defangs · neuters · dilutes · emasculates · enfeebles · nullifies · legislation · regulation · statute
evisceratesheals
Restores to wellness
repairs · restores · reconstructs · mends · rebuilds
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