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- pronunciation:
- daI
sekt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
dissects, dissecting, dissected |
definition 1: |
to cut open or apart (a plant or animal) in order to examine or perform surgery on it.
- synonyms:
- anatomize
- similar words:
- analyze, dismember, vivisect
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definition 2: |
to examine minutely; analyze.
We dissected his argument to find its weak points.- synonyms:
- analyze, anatomize, scrutinize
- similar words:
- examine, inspect, pick over, study
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related words: |
explore, quarter |
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derivations: |
dissectible (adj.), dissector (n.) |
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