Evisceration
WordNet
noun
(1) Altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
"The adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"
(2) The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
(3) Surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A disemboweling; the removal of viscera
- The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.
- A vigorous verbal assault
- The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.