eviscerator

noun — 2 senses

eviscerator

noun

Etymology From eviscerate + -or.

1

Someone who eviscerates, whether physically or metaphorically.

  • The eviscerators stand between three and five feet apart; quality control people sit further apart, between about every fourth or fifth eviscerator.1993, David Craig Griffith, Jones's Minimal: Low-Wage Labor in the United States:
2

A device for eviscerating something.

  • Module eviscerators have devices which remove the crop, the viscera package, and lungs in one step.2002, Donald D. Bell, William D. Weaver, Commercial Chicken Meat and Egg Production:
Related terms
disembowel, entrails

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