gutting
Hollowing something out
Gutting is the act of removing the internal organs from a fish or animal, or figuratively, stripping the essential contents from something: gutting a house before renovation.
Most commonly, gutting describes an emotionally devastating experience: The loss was absolutely gutting.
Something gutting leaves you feeling hollowed out, as if your insides have been removed.
Removing the intestines
- cleaningRemoving dirt and mess
- filletingCutting meat from bones
- dressingSauce for salads
- entrailsInternal digestive organs
innards · viscera · butchering · field dressing · offal · cavity · carcass · skinning
Causing severe damage
- heartbreakingCausing intense emotional anguish
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- soul-destroyingUtterly draining to endure
- painfulCausing hurt or ache
wrenching · agonizing · distressing · shattering · unbearable · blow · loss · disappointment
Removing outer layers
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- shellHard outer covering
- bare wallsUnadorned vertical surfaces
- refurbishmentRenewal of worn items
clearing · deconstruction · rewiring · replumbing · conversion · rebuild · restoration · fixtures
disemboweling
Removing the intestines
entrails · innards · viscera · butchering · field dressing · offal · cavity · carcass · skinning · scaling
devastating
Causing severe damage
- heartbreakingCausing intense emotional anguish
- crushingOverwhelming in intensity
- soul-destroyingUtterly draining to endure
painful · wrenching · agonizing · distressing · shattering · unbearable · blow · loss · disappointment · despair
stripping
Removing outer layers
- renovationRestoring to good condition
- shellHard outer covering
- bare wallsUnadorned vertical surfaces
refurbishment · clearing · deconstruction · rewiring · replumbing · conversion · rebuild · restoration · fixtures · fittings
burned out
Exhausted from overexertion
shell · blaze · aftermath · smoke damage · arson · inferno · hollowed · blackened · flames · destruction
- removing excesspruning, trimming, skimming, draining, filtering
- herring industryherring, pickled herring, salted herring, smoked herring, kippered herring
- demolitiondemolish, raze, bulldoze, controlled demolition, wreck
- huntingdeer hunting, hunting rifle, hunters, tracking, hunting license
- declutteringdecluttering, organizing, donating, purging, discarding
- renovationsrenovation, remodel, refurbishment, addition, extension
guttingstuffing
Seasoned mixture for cavities
filling · packing · loading · replenishing · inserting
guttinguplifting
Emotionally encouraging
heartwarming · elating · exhilarating · comforting · gratifying
guttingfinishing
Bringing to completion
completing · fitting out · furnishing · refurbishing · restoring
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