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exenterate

[ verb ek-sen-tuh-reyt; adjective ek-sen-ter-it ]

verb (used with object)

exenterated, exenterating.
  1. to remove the contents of; disembowel; eviscerate.


adjective

  1. Surgery. eviscerate.

exenterate

verb

  1. surgery to remove (internal organs, an eyeball, etc); eviscerate
  2. a rare word for disembowel
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. rare.
    having been disembowelled
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌԳٱˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·t·tDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exenterate1

1600–10; < Latin Գٱٳܲ (past participle of Գٱ to disembowel), equivalent to ex- ex- 1 + enter- (< Greek éԳٱ entrails) + -ٳܲ -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of exenterate1

C17: from Latin Գٱ, from ex- 1+ Greek enteron intestine
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Example Sentences

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He says then, they were "exenterated" or "cleaned out of the immense sums of money they carried with them, together with the loss of many lives."

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