To eviscerate a person or animal means to remove their internal organs, such as their heart, lungs, and stomach. strangling and eviscerating rabbits for the pot
take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed" remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach" having been disembowelled
emphasis If you say that something will eviscerate an organization or system, you are emphasizing that it will make the organization or system much weaker or much less powerful. Democrats say the petition will eviscerate state government. to cut the organs out of a person's or animal's body (past participle of eviscerare, from viscera )