dissect
verb (used with object)
to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
is dissecting
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present progressiveof dissect (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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NaCoWriMo’s goal is dissecting “conspiracy genre” narrative tricks, not fooling readers.
From The Verge ● Oct. 25, 2019
A local politician is dissecting privacy regulations and builds a case for what he refers to as “agile regulation.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 7, 2018
At this point, TV is dissecting so many comedians’ psyches that it risks killing the whole genre.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2017
Instead Thompson is at his most effective when he is dissecting what it is about culture that makes it such a potent social tool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 22, 2017
At this very moment Ménippe is dissecting him and preparing him as a specimen for a public lecture in the schools.
From Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France by Edmund Gosse
