evisceration
Removal of entrails
Evisceration is the removal of internal organs, especially the bowels.
The term appears in surgery, animal processing, and descriptions of violent death.
Figuratively, to eviscerate something is to gut it of substance or force: The amendments eviscerated the bill.
The noun evisceration names this act of hollowing out, whether literal or metaphorical.
Abdominal cavity access cut
- abdominal surgeryOperation on belly organs
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- autopsyMedical examination after death
- dissectionAnatomical cutting and examination
necropsy · peritoneum · cavity · incision · extraction · entrails · excision · surgical removal
Sauce for salads
- field dressingEmergency wound treatment outdoors
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- offalEdible animal organs
game processing · entrails · giblets · hunting · slaughter · skinning · butchering · fish cleaning
Taking apart systematically
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
- excoriationHarsh criticism; skin abrasion
devastation · annihilation · shredding · decimation · exposing · dismemberment · tearing apart · debunking
Removing interior material
- weakeningBecoming less strong
- defangingRemoving dangerous teeth
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- underminingWeakening by covert means
emasculation · dilution · neutering · toothless · loopholes · deregulation · nullification · defunding
laparotomy
Abdominal cavity access cut
- abdominal surgeryOperation on belly organs
- intestinesCoiled digestive organs
- autopsyMedical examination after death
dissection · necropsy · peritoneum · cavity · incision · extraction · entrails · excision · surgical removal · thoracic
dressing
Sauce for salads
- field dressingEmergency wound treatment outdoors
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
game processing · offal · entrails · giblets · hunting · slaughter · skinning · butchering · fish cleaning · venison
dismantling
Taking apart systematically
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- destroyingCausing complete ruin
- takedownForced grounding maneuver
excoriation · devastation · annihilation · shredding · decimation · exposing · dismemberment · tearing apart · debunking · deconstruction
hollowing out
Removing interior material
undermining · emasculation · dilution · neutering · toothless · loopholes · deregulation · nullification · defunding · amendment
- butcherybutcher, meat, butchering, beef, slaughter
- mummificationembalming, linen bandages, wrapping, canopic jars, desiccation
- surgical removalsexcision, removal, tumor excision, resection, mastectomy
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- eye surgeryLASIK, cataract surgery, PRK, vitrectomy, corneal transplant
- game butcheringfield dressing, skinning, quartering, butchering, deboning
eviscerationpreservation
Maintaining something's condition
intact · wholeness · intactness · restoration · reconstitution
eviscerationscratch
Superficial wound or mark
scrape · abrasion · graze · nick · flesh wound
eviscerationpraise
Expression of approval
endorsement · defense · vindication · affirmation · whitewashing