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to dissect
01
to carefully cut apart the body or one of its parts to display internal structures for scientific examination or instruction
Transitive: to dissect a living organism
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
dissect
3rd person singular
dissects
Present participle
dissecting
Past simple
dissected
Past participle
dissected
Examples
Biology students carefully dissected frogs in lab to examine the organs and organ systems firsthand.
02
to analyze something systematically and thoroughly by breaking it down into its individual elements or components
Transitive: to dissect sth
Examples
The analyst dissected the data to determine the most effective marketing strategies.
Lexical Tree
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