evisceration
/ɪˌvɪsəˈreɪʃən/
noun
- The act of removing the internal organs of a body.
- Ancient Egyptian mummification involved evisceration of the body.
- The vet performed an evisceration during the autopsy of the animal.
- The evisceration of the fish was done quickly and cleanly.
- The act of depriving something of its essential content or force.
- Critics saw the new version of the law as an evisceration of the original intent.
- The evisceration of the environmental regulations left many habitats unprotected.
- The company's restructuring led to the evisceration of its research department.
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