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To remove the internal organs; figuratively, to strip away essential substance.

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disembowel

The critic argued that the cuts would disembowel the novel's central argument.
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A proposed cut would disembowel a fictional cooperative repair shop by retaining its sign and reception desk while removing every technician and tool needed to perform repairs.
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