as in to clean
to take the internal organs out of the ancient Egyptians would eviscerate the bodies of the dead as part of the process of mummifying them

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Recent Examples of eviscerate Blocking Elon Musk's efforts 'to eviscerate the federal government' DOGE and the Musk team's efforts to access the computer systems of numerous federal agencies are the focus of many of the legal pushback efforts. Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2025 However, Ukraine’s European neighbors may be less receptive to Mr. Zelenskyy’s requests for more military largess if their people are virtually freezing in their homes and their budgets are being eviscerated by massive natural gas cost increases. Daniel Markind, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025 That logic was criticized by Justice Neil Gorsuch’s majority opinion in Alston and flat-out eviscerated by Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion, which described the NCAA and its member institutions as a cartel that suppresses athlete compensation. Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 2 Feb. 2025 Your eviscerating faultfinder—everybody has one—is too quick to judge you, minimize your accomplishments or demote you to an underdog. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for eviscerate

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“Eviscerate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eviscerate. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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