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eviscerate

verb

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

The editor warned that excessive cuts would eviscerate the argument.
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A proposed revision would eviscerate the training program by removing every practical session while retaining only its name and a registration form.
From A Town Project Loses Its Purpose.
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