eviscerate

/ɪˈvɪsəˌreɪt/
verb
  1. To remove the internal organs of (a body).
    • In biology class, the students watched a demonstration of how to eviscerate a frog.
    • The butcher eviscerated the chicken before preparing it for sale.
    • The hunter learned how to eviscerate a deer properly.
  2. To deprive something of its essential content or force; to weaken or destroy it from within.
    • The scandal eviscerated the politician's credibility.
    • Cuts to the budget eviscerated the school's music program.
    • The new law would eviscerate the protections that workers had fought for.
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