Eviscerate (verb)
ev-is-er-ayt
Disembowel (a person or animal)
Deprive (something) of its essential content.
Late 16th century: from Latin eviscerat- ‘disembowelled’, from the verb eviscerare, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + viscera ‘internal organs’.
Example sentences
“The Romans eviscerated them in battle.”
“The problem is, these myriad concessions risk eviscerating the whole project.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
