vivisect
verb
viv·i·sect
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vivisected;
vivisecting;
vivisects
Definition of vivisect
: to perform vivisection on : subject to vivisection
: to practice vivisection
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Other Words from vivisect
vivisector
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noun
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noun
Examples of vivisect in a Sentence
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When Maza lodged his complaints about Crowder — whose actual offense, it should be noted, was occasionally vivisecting Maza’s purported acts of journalism — the powers that be at YouTube did their best impersonation of Pontius Pilate. — Kevin D. Williamson, National Review, "Crowder Isn’t a Threat to Public Safety," 6 June 2019 Michael Shannon is the ruthless government agent who would like to vivisect the creature. — Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com, "When it comes to movie costumes, the Academy has always favored fantasy," 4 Mar. 2018 Yet every movement to which Murray ever belonged vivisected her in exactly those ways. — Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker, "The Many Lives of Pauli Murray," 7 Apr. 2017 But nothing impresses colleagues more than his ability to diagram a good story that’s working and vivisect a bad one that’s not. — Steve Daly, WIRED, "For John Carter, Director Andrew Stanton Leaps From Animation to Live-Action Sci-Fi," 29 Feb. 2012These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'vivisect.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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