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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

analyze, anatomize, assay, break down, break up, carve, cleave, cut, decompose, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, divide, part, penetrate, pierce, probe, reduce, reduce to elements, resolve, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, subdivide, sunder

Dictionary Results for dissect:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

dissect
    v 1: cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis"
    2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
       break down into components or essential features; "analyze a
       specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
       compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down,
       dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dissect \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Dissecting.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis-
   + secare to cut. See Section.]
   1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces;
      to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a
      plant, for examination and to show their structure and
      relations; to anatomize.
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   2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to
      divide and examine minutely.
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            This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample.
                                                  --Atterbury.
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