evisceration#2 (n)

n00354342

type n
lex_filenum 04
def altering something (as a legislative act or a statement) in such a manner as to reduce its value
examples the adoption of their amendments would have amounted to an evisceration of the act
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Hypernym devaluation
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Hyponym devaluation

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