The interior of the stadium, which was built in 1927, was essentially gutted.

The interior of the substation would be essentially gutted, the atmospheric seals would be blown out.

In 1914 the building's south annex was added, though it was essentially gutted during the 1950s and very little of the original 1914 structure remains.

In 1795 all furniture was sold and its works of art were sent to the Muséum Central; it was essentially gutted.

"The Soliman decision has essentially gutted the home-office deduction," Mr. Edwards said.

Some cosmetic elements of the old theaters were incorporated into the new one, but the structures were essentially gutted and combined to create the Ford Center.

It had also essentially gutted his life.

In the disturbances that followed the 1977 blackout, local residents, some bearing shotguns, formed a protective line in front of his establishment when stores on either side were essentially gutted.

The hurdles for Salomon's success are also high in the firm's equities business, which was essentially gutted by defections in the months after the Treasury market scandal, in part because of Mr. Buffett's decision to reduce pay.