eviscerator

One who disembowels

An eviscerator is a person or thing that eviscerates—that removes entrails or vital contents.

In meatpacking, an eviscerator is a worker or machine that removes organs from animal carcasses.

Figuratively, someone who guts an argument or devastates an opponent might be called an eviscerator: She was a merciless eviscerator of sloppy thinking.

person

butcher

One who sells cuts

ripper · flayer · mutilator · carver · bloodletter · harvester · skinner · dresser

tool

cleaver

Broad-bladed cutting tool

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physical action/surgical role

evisceratorstuffer

One who fills cavities

filler · implanter · embalmer · preserver · restorer

depth of cutting/intervention

evisceratorskinner

Pelt remover by trade

peeler · scorer · scratcher · nicker · grazer

figurative content destruction

evisceratorembellisher

One who adds decoration

developer · expander · fortifier · strengthener · enhancer

Family

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