What is another word for evisceration?

Pronunciation: [ɪvˌɪsəɹˈe͡ɪʃən] (IPA)

Evisceration refers to the act of removing or dissecting internal organs from an organism or creature. There are several synonyms for this word, including disembowelment, excision, dissection, disembodiment, enucleation, gutting, and coring. In the field of medicine, this term is frequently used to describe a surgical procedure in which the contents of a body cavity are removed. The term is also commonly employed in the context of animal husbandry, where it is used to describe the practice of removing the internal organs of slaughtered animals. Despite being a grisly topic, the existence of synonyms for evisceration reflects the importance of precision in language, and the need for linguistic variety.

What are the hypernyms for Evisceration?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Evisceration?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Evisceration

One choice, however, is left in our power, and that is the most important of all, namely, the direction which revision shall take-that of conservative and recuperative addition, or that of further evisceration, ceremonial or devotional."
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Where trout are so plentiful and so unwary, there is no call for the preparatory work of the evisceration school of anglers.
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor
He was blaming the mawkish sentimentality of the modern legal system which ranks the evisceration and secret burial of small boys as a crime.
"A Damsel in Distress"
Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

Famous quotes with Evisceration

  • Friedan: I thought it was absolutely outrageous that the won four Oscars. [...] I'm not saying that the movie shouldn't have been shows. I'm not denying the movie was an artistic triumph, but it was about the evisceration, the skinning alive of women. That is what I find offensive. Not the centerfold.
    Betty Friedan

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