to gut
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6.7
- verb
- /ɡʌt/
- NSFW
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eviscerar
- During the cooking class, the chef taught us how to gut a fish before preparing it for grilling.
- to gut a house
Examples
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The interior had been gutted and fitted with a wood stove, some bed frames, and tables.
Fiction book (1993) -
Beyond the tactite windows, rain slicked the fire-gutted building across the street.
Fiction book (1992) -
But late in the night, the wind shifted back again, and the flames gutted the new wall.
Academic text (2002) -
As part of the demonstration project, the plant was gutted and connected to an advanced gasification system.
Academic text (2003) -
But the Bronx was where he had begun, in a building now gutted and burned out.
Fiction book (1995) -
The workers decided to gut the old building, removing all the interior walls and fixtures to start anew.
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After the hurricane, the town began to gut the damaged houses to make way for reconstruction.
Synonyms
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9.9
To remove the insides from a person or animal
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9.5
To remove the inside parts of a body, often in animals or surgery
To remove the contents of an organ by surgery
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Etymology
Gut as a verb comes from the older noun gut, which meant 'intestines' or 'insides', so to gut something is to take out its inner parts, like cleaning a fish or emptying a burned building.