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evisceration

noun

altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value

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Word length
12
Starts with
E
Ends with
N
Contains
VI
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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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”

noun

  1. the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude

noun

  1. surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient

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the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act

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