Synonyms of eviscerate

eviscerate

verb

i-ˈvi-sə-ˌrāt 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• clean
• remove
• disembowel
• draw
• gut
• extract
• cut
• excise
• bone
• withdraw
• dress
• yank
• transplant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of eviscerate

One example is a 63-year-old agency created by Congress, codified in law and eviscerated by Trump in a matter of days. —Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Feb. 2025

Less than a month into his second term, Mr. Trump has eviscerated U.S.A.I.D., the U.S. foreign aid agency long reviled by Moscow. —Paul Sonne, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025

Organizations still have to apply for a waiver from USAID, a multistep process slowed down by the fact that the aid agency itself is being eviscerated. —Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Feb. 2025

The brutal Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023 stoked the anger of Israel’s hawks and eviscerated the credibility of its doves. —Peter L. Hahn / Made By History, TIME, 6 Feb. 2025