noun
- Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient.
- The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude.
- synonyms: disembowelment
- Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value.
- usage: "the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"
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