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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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noun
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
The act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
noun
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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