Definitions of evisceration:

  • noun:   altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
    Example: "The adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act"
  • noun:   surgical removal of an organ (or the contents of an organ) from a patient
  • noun:   the act of removing the bowels or viscera; the act of cutting so as to cause the viscera to protrude