Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Eviscerate

Excerpt from Julia Quinn's Brighter Than The Sun

That Ellie had gotten caught in the proverbial line of fire made him want to eviscerate someone.

e·vis·cer·ate
1. To remove the entrails of; disembowel.
2. To take away a vital or essential part of: a compromise that eviscerated the proposed bill.
3. Medicine
      a. To remove the contents of (an organ).
      b. To remove an organ, such as an eye, from (a patient) 

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