1
[ verb ] cut open or cut apart

Examples

"dissect the bodies for analysis"

Used in print

(Jim Harmon, "The Planet with No Nightmare," If,...)

Dissect it '' ?

Related terms

cut vivisect anatomize dissection

2
[ verb ] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Synonyms

break_down analyze take_apart analyse

Examples

"analyze a specimen" "analyze a sentence" "analyze a chemical compound"

Related terms

synthesize parse botanize analyst analyzer dissection dissection

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Rhymes with

direct sect decked direct direct suspect deject select defect detect direct effect affect intersect disaffect respect intersect dialect redirect collect connect indirect retrospect circumspect introspect protect misdirect disrespect wrecked necked respect aspect eject confect recollect interconnect neglect reflect checked hecht project expect bedecked overprotect inspect suspect brecht insect correct erect elect effect deflect defect disconnect reject object prospect resurrect protect perfect subject inject interject unchecked aftereffect architect intellect abject infect object intellect incorrect reelect reflect neglect henpecked project disinfect effect reject prefect

Phonetic and Homophones

D AY0 S EH1 K T

Similar Spelling

dissected dissection dissociate disgust disaster disesteem

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