Evisceration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Evisceration is a noun meaning A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
Meaning
A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
More Meanings
- (figurative, by extension) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
Example Sentences
The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.
The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.
If you were a Belgian, it was pretty and what you would have expected from your boys. If you were a Scot it was painful, an evisceration of McLeish's notion that his team were good enough to go "toe-to-toe" with the third best team in the world. Delusional.
Word Forms
- eviscerations
Synonyms for evisceration
Depending on context, synonyms include exenteration.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include eviscerator, embowelment, viscerotomy, viscerotome, exenteration, exeresis.
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