Crikey, EVISCERATE thats a word you don't see every day! are you sure we needed to see it today. OK what I am trying to say I dont believe this word fits this sentence!
Cheers
Aussie
PS: I would like a copy of that letter for my reference & I don't doubt the figures you quoted
e·vis·cer·ate (-vs-rt)
v. e·vis·cer·at·ed, e·vis·cer·at·ing, e·vis·cer·ates
v.tr.
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).
Verb 1. eviscerate - surgically remove a part of a structure or an organ
resect
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
2. eviscerate - remove the contents of; "eviscerate the stomach"
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
empty - make void or empty of contents; "Empty the box"; "The alarm emptied the building"
3. eviscerate - remove the entrails of; "draw a chicken"
disembowel, draw
remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract, "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"
4. eviscerate - take away a vital or essential part of; "the compromise among the parties eviscerated the bill that had been proposed"
devitalise, devitalize - sap of life or energy; "The recession devitalized the economy"
Adj. 1. eviscerate - having been disembowelled
injured - harmed; "injured soldiers"; "injured feelings"
yes, i'll disembowel all skepticism
