Dictionary

evisceration en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
   • The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.
2. (broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable) A vigorous verbal or physical assault.
   • If you were a Belgian, it was pretty and what you would have expected from your boys. If you were a Scot it was painful, an evisceration of McLeish's notion that his team were good enough to go "toe-to-toe" with the third best team in the world. Delusional. 2018 September 7, Tom English, “Scotland 0-4 Belgium”, in BBC Sport:
   • The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.

Forms

Deriveds

abdominal evisceration

Synonyms

exenteration

Translations (18)

nl iets afbreken (A vigorous verbal assault) · nl neerhalen (A vigorous verbal assault) · de Ausweiden (A disemboweling) · fi suolistus (A disemboweling) · nl van ingewanden ontdoenontweien (A disemboweling) · fi täyslaidallinen (A vigorous verbal assault) · fr ôter les tripes (A disemboweling) · ca evisceració (A disemboweling) · de Verriss (A vigorous verbal assault) · mi tuakanga (A disemboweling) · fr étriper (A disemboweling) · fr éreinter quelque chose (A vigorous verbal assault) · ru потрошение (A disemboweling) · bg изкормване (A disemboweling) · mi hāparangitanga (A disemboweling) · fr éviscération (A disemboweling) · fr démolir verballement (A vigorous verbal assault) · gl evisceración (A disemboweling)

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