English to English
adjective
- A disemboweling.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
source: WordNet 3.0
- the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
source: WordNet 3.0
- altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
The adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act.
source: WordNet 3.0