evisceration

Noun
  1. Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient (synset 100674821)
    is a type of: operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body
  2. The act of removing the bowels or viscera;
    The act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude (synset 100671946)
    is a type of: remotion, removal - the act of removing
    same as: disembowelment
  3. Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value (synset 100355168)
    "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"
    is a type of: devaluation - the reduction of something's value or worth

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