Meanings
plural eviscerations
- countableuncountableA disemboweling; the removal of viscera.
The evisceration of the animal was accomplished with a single blow of the knife.
- broadlycountablefigurativelyuncountableA vigorous verbal or physical assault.
The critic delivered another evisceration of the latest movie.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian изкормване
- изкормване (izkormvane)A disemboweling
Catalan evisceració
- evisceracióA disemboweling
Dutch van ingewanden ontdoenontweien, iets afbreken
- van ingewanden ontdoenontweienA disemboweling
- iets afbrekenA vigorous verbal assault
- neerhalenA vigorous verbal assault
Finnish suolistus, täyslaidallinen
- suolistusA disemboweling
- täyslaidallinenA vigorous verbal assault
French ôter les tripes, étriper
- ôter les tripesA disemboweling
- étriperA disemboweling
- éviscérationA disemboweling
- démolir verballementA vigorous verbal assault
- éreinter quelque choseA vigorous verbal assault
German Ausweiden, Verriss
- AusweidenA disemboweling
- VerrissA vigorous verbal assault
Māori tuakanga, hāparangitanga
- tuakangaA disemboweling
- hāparangitangaA disemboweling
Russian потрошение
- потрошение (potrošenije)A disemboweling
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with evisceration
Cite this entry
evisceration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evisceration
“evisceration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evisceration. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “evisceration,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/evisceration.
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