vivisect
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vivisect
First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from vivisection
Example Sentences
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Presumably they believe it’s OK to vivisect quotations because the reader can always go to their footnotes and look up the original text to see what it actually says.
From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2021
There’s already a mythologized version of her, frothed up by journalists eager to vivisect a prodigy, turn her into a Thing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2020
His sympathy for Ahmanet is well-established in the movie, and so is his distrust for Prodigium, which tortures her and plans to vivisect her.
From The Verge ● Jun. 13, 2017
It occurred to me that it wasn't fair for Rob to vivisect his laptop for me and not get the same courtesy in return.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 13, 2010
A novelist should present characters, not vivisect them publicly....
From The History of Mr. Polly by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
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