to eviscerate
10
9.1
- verb
- /ɪˈvɪsəˌreɪt/
- Formal
:
despojar de
- The new policy will eviscerate the protections that were established to help vulnerable populations.
- eviscerates the meaning
There is a strong desire to dismantle and eviscerate the United States federal government.
- There is a strong desire to dismantle and eviscerate the United States federal government.
- And when you get down to it, look at how Kamala eviscerated Brett Kavanaugh.
- And that's what got me eviscerated.
- It's liberals angry because they thought the book was going to eviscerate Trump.
- But there's very few players in the history of chess that had that burning desire to simply eviscerate you.
- But when they eviscerated all the progressive proposals and Build Back Better, how did that happen?
- In that case, when he starts to say things that are just preposterous, that's when the defense scores huge points because he has to be eviscerated.
- Well, if you don't think that me and my sister eviscerate the the book.
- So by by limiting the state, it actually eviscerated and and therefore weakened development.
Examples
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The result has been a government entirely reliant on Ben Ali as the dictator and an eviscerated multiparty system.
Academic text (2008) -
The recent budget cuts eviscerated the funding for essential public services, leaving many in need without support.
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But when they eviscerated all the progressive proposals and Build Back Better, how did that happen?
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NASA chief Michael Griffin said about that same thing... and got eviscerated by the press.
Blog text (25) -
As promised, the final wording proposed to essentially eviscerate the township system.
Academic text (2017) -
But I think that in situations where it just completely eviscerates the contribution I could bring to the table, then that's no good.
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What is left of Marxism when his economic thought is eviscerated as its linchpin concept?
Academic text (1990) -
Romney took every point Choomie tried to make and eviscerated it, point by point.
Blog text (33) -
During that time, the United States' system of constitutional federalism was largely eviscerated and replaced by a more centralized federal government.
Academic text (2004) -
The Supreme Court eviscerated the principal font of substantive rights under the amendment, the Privileges or Immunities Clause.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
948
1.9
To remove something from a place or container
136
3.2
To remove something unwanted from a place
89
4.7
Make a person or thing seem less important
27
4.0
Remove an outside layer or covering from something to show what is under it
22
5.0
To make something seem less important or respected
15
4.2
Completely destroy an idea, argument, or reputation
14
7.2
To cut out part of a body or text
12
6.8
To make something lose its effect or value
10
8.8
To make something weaker or less effective
10
6.9
Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it
7
8.8
To take away the power of something so it cannot work well
4
9.4
Make people or groups unable to think clearly and work well
3
5.5
To make a feeling, sound, or pain less strong
2
9.9
Make a contract or decision not valid by law
1
9.8
Make someone or something lose energy and stop working well
1
9.9
To make something weak by taking away what it needs
To make something lose its meaning
To make a place or group less lively and energetic
To make something lose its physical form
Antonyms
How Damaged
- Formal
10
9.1
270
6.8
305
2.8
- Informal
14
4.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
eviscerate = viscerate (opaque) = e + viscer + ate
The metaphorical use of 'eviscerate' to mean depriving something of its essential content is not directly derivable from the literal meaning.
Etymology
Eviscerate comes from Latin e- 'out' and viscera 'internal organs', so a helpful image is of 'pulling out the guts' of something. That's why to eviscerate a law, company, or plan means to remove its vital parts and leave it weak.