eviscerate

v., -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates.

v.tr.

1. To remove the entrails of; disembowel.
2. To take away a vital or essential part of: a compromise that eviscerated the proposed bill.
3. Medicine.
   1. To remove the contents of (an organ).
   2. To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient).

v.intr. Medicine
To protrude through a wound or surgical incision.

[Latin ēviscerāre, ēviscerāt- : ē-, ex-, ex- + viscera, internal organs; see viscera.]

evisceration e·vis'cer·a'tion n.

The words "wimp" and "eviscerate" don't often go together, but they did in this column by Nicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times:

"...this month the Bush administration joined with those countries [Cuba, Zimbabwe, Iran, Syria and Venezuela] and others to eviscerate a forthright U.N. statement that nations have an obligation to respond to genocide."

Link: A Wimp on Genocide

Posted September 19, 2005.

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Extrusion of the viscera, or internal organs; disembowelment.

• ocular e. — removal of the contents of the eyeball, leaving the sclera.
• orbital e. — see enucleation.

IN BRIEF: To take out the internal organs.

The campers had to eviscerate the fish before they could fry them for dinner.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - tage indvoldene ud af, udtømme, fjerne, tage kraften ud af
v. intr. - stikke frem gennem et indsnit

Nederlands (Dutch)
de ingewanden/een orgaan verwijderen, uithollen (figuurlijk), uitpuilen van een orgaan door een snede

Français (French)
v. tr. - éviscérer, éventrer, étriper
v. intr. - éviscérer (sout)

Deutsch (German)
v. - ausnehmen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ξαντεριάζω

Italiano (Italian)
sventrare, sviscerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - eviscerar, enfraquecer

Русский (Russian)
потрошить, выхолащивать, лишать содержания

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - destripar, desentrañar
v. intr. - destripar, desentrañar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ta inälvorna ut, rensa, tömma (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
取出内脏, 除去精华, 除去主要部分, 凸出

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 取出內臟, 除去精華, 除去主要部分
v. intr. - 凸出

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 창자를 빼내다
v. intr. - 골자를 빼내다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 内臓を抜く, 骨抜きにする

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يسلبه القوة, ينزع أحشاؤه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הוציא המעיים, הוציא חלקים פנימיים‬

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