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Eviscerate vs Demolish - What's the difference?

eviscerate | demolish |

As verbs the difference between eviscerate and demolish

is that eviscerate is to disembowel, to remove the viscera while demolish is to destroy; to destruct.

eviscerate

English

Verb

(eviscerat)
  • To disembowel, to remove the viscera.
  • To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.
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  • To elicit the essence of.
  • (surgery) To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
  • (of viscera) To protrude through a surgical incision.

    • Synonyms

    * exenterate

    Derived terms

    * evisceration * eviscerator

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    demolish

    English

    Verb

    (es)
  • To destroy; to destruct.
    • They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
  • (figuratively) To utterly defeat.
  • * {{quote-news
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