noun
1. surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
• Hypernyms: ↑operation, ↑surgery, ↑surgical operation, ↑surgical procedure, ↑surgical process
2. the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
• Syn: ↑disembowelment
• Derivationally related forms: ↑eviscerate
3. altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
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the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act
• Hypernyms: ↑devaluation
Useful english dictionary. 2012.