Eviscerate carries surgical violence — to remove the very organs that keep an institution alive. Unlike ‘weaken’ or ‘dilute’, it implies the target has been left a hollow shell that retains its form but loses its function.
This makes the word ideal for Mains answers on institutional erosion: a tribunal whose tenure rules are amended every two years, a regulator whose powers are quietly transferred to the ministry, or a treaty whose enforcement mechanism is starved of appointments. Use sparingly — it is a heavy word that loses force if overused.
