EVISCERATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value

Example:

the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("evisceration" is a kind of...):

devaluation (the reduction of something's value or worth)

Meaning:

The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude

Synonyms:

disembowelment; evisceration

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("evisceration" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Derivation:

eviscerate (remove the entrails of)

Meaning:

Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("evisceration" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)