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The Meaning of dissect

  • (v. t.) 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.
  • (v. t.) To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely.

Synonyms

take apart , analyse , break down , analyze , go , examine , conk out , give way , psychoanalyse , discerp , dismantle , psychoanalyze , disassemble , collapse , dismember , crush , canvass , break , study , lose it , snap , crumble , decompose , break up , die , tumble , break apart , canvas , fail , give out , crumple , go bad , cut

Rhymes

affect , aftereffect , albrecht , architect , aspect , becht , bedecked , brecht , checked , circumspect , collect , confect , connect , correct , decked , defect , deflect , deject , deregt , detect , dialect , direct , disaffect , disconnect , disinfect , disrespect , effect , eject , elect , erect , expect , fecht , hecht , henpecked , incorrect , indirect , infect , inject , insect , inspect , intellect , interconnect , interject , intersect , introspect , knecht , misdirect , necked , neglect , nondirect , object , overprotect , pecht , perfect , prefect , project , protect , rechecked , recht , recollect , reconnect , redirect , reflect , reinspect , reject , respect , resurrect , retrospect , schlecht , sect , select , specht , subject , suspect , teleconnect , trekked , unchecked , wecht , whelked , wrecked