dissect

//dɪˈsɛkt//
C1Frequency Level 11Formal
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Verb

dissectInfinitive
dissectPresent tense
dissectedPast tense
dissectedPast participle
dissectingPresent participle
dissectsThird-person singular
1

To cut apart or separate (tissue, an organ, or an organism) for anatomical study or examination.

The biology students dissected a frog to study its internal organs.

2

To analyze or examine something in minute detail, often critically.

The critics dissected every scene of the film.

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