Synonyms for dissect
dɪˈsɛkt, daɪ-dis·sect

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1. dissect

   Synonyms:
   take to pieces, anatomize, scrutinize, investigate

   Antonyms:
   grasp, comprehend, slur, skim, unite, integrate, organize, compound, collocate, conjoin, confound

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1. dissectverb

   cut open or cut apart

   "dissect the bodies for analysis"

   Synonyms:
   take apart, analyse, break down, analyze

2. analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apartverb

   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"

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

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1. dissectverb

   Synonyms:
   anatomize, cut in pieces

2. dissectverb

   Synonyms:
   analyze, scrutinize, sift, examine, investigate, explore, lay open

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1. Matt Chapman:

   You have to win, we can’t really dissect it too much. It’s too late in the season for that. The pressure is on now. We’ve got to win every game from here on out, or at least that’s the attitude.

2. Denise LaFrance:

   Do not dissect a rainbow. In other words, do not destroy a beautiful phenomenon by overanalyzing it.

3. Henry Kravis:

   At KKR, we devote a great deal of time, attention and creativity trying to dissect, understand and anticipate change with the goal of achieving consistently strong returns for our investors.

4. David Shulkin:

   When there's time to look back upon the situation and we dissect the response, I think the big deficiency is going to be the fact that we were not prepared for testing.

5. Lim Kit Siang:

   All Malaysians should study and dissect the most astonishing interview given by Najib on the 1MDB scandal with Reuters, i do not believe that Najib is so stupid, incompetent or ignorant, which only means he was lying through his teeth in his interview with Reuters.