eviscerate

verb5

1. •
   To disembowel; to remove the viscera.
2. •
   To destroy or make ineffectual or meaningless.

   • Earlier the gentleman from California (Mr. Cardoza) got up on the floor, and he was upset that somebody had said that the underlying bill would eviscerate the Endangered Species Act. — 2005
3. •
   To remove a bodily organ or its contents.
4. •
   To protrude through a surgical incision.
5. •
   To elicit the essence of.