dissect

verbs

cut open or cut apart

"dissect the bodies for analysis"

dissect

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is a type of (narrower)

separate with or as if with an instrument

"Cut the rope"

make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

"analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"

analyse, analyze, break down, dissect, take apart

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