dissection
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Synonyms
analysis, anatomizing, anatomy, assay, breakdown, deconstruction
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The Dolphins, whose 2019 tanking plans are going swimmingly, are coming off a brutal 59-10 home beatdown against the Baltimore Ravens while the defending champs come to town off a dominating 33-3 home dissection of the Pittsburgh Steelers. — Ken Pomponio, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, "NFL Betting: 3 best underdog bets for Week 2," 11 Sep. 2019 With a dissection, the chance of dying rises with every minute and every hour. — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, "He was 30 and almost died playing cornhole at IMS; now he's back at track," 6 Sep. 2019 But revisiting the film now, that powerful feeling is diluted not just by Sparks’ recent scandal but by the kind of over analysis and dissection that comes with adulthood. — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, "Did Nicholas Sparks Kill The Notebook? Or, Was It Always Doomed?," 24 June 2019 Indeed, the material, although both fascinating and entertaining, is left displayed naked on the dissection table in a somewhat disjointed and frivolous manner that is ultimately disappointing. — Adrian Woolfson, WSJ, "‘The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth’ Review: Desperate Remedies," 12 Dec. 2018 Team members like Zheng and Rodgers receive notice of the brain’s arrival and assemble at the brain bank to perform the dissection. — Emily Toomey, Smithsonian, "Inside a Brain Bank, Where Humans’ Most Precious Organ Is Dissected and Studied," 21 Aug. 2019 Take Froggipedia, which lets teachers lead students through a frog dissection without having to explain the senseless death of the amphibian. — Lauren Goode, WIRED, "Google Lens, Augmented Reality, and the Future of Learning," 20 Aug. 2019 Cave made a project of collecting inflatable holiday lawn figures — Uncle Sam, Rudolph, spiders and ghouls, bunnies and Easter eggs — and went about their gleeful dissection. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, "Inflatable cartoon monsters feel like ‘a form of protest’ at South End’s Cyclorama," 8 Aug. 2019 But revisiting the film now, that powerful feeling is diluted not just by Sparks’ recent scandal but by the kind of overanalysis and dissection that comes with adulthood. — Anne Cohen, refinery29.com, "Did Nicholas Sparks Kill The Notebook? Or, Was It Always Doomed?," 25 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dissection.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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