gutting

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Gut \Gut\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gutted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Gutting}.]
   1. To take out the bowels from; to eviscerate.
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   2. To plunder of contents; to destroy or remove the interior
      or contents of; as, a mob gutted the house.
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            Tom Brown, of facetious memory, having gutted a
            proper
            name of its vowels, used it as freely as he pleased.
                                                  --Addison.
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