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vivisect

[ viv-uh-sekt, viv-uh-sekt ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to dissect the living body of (an animal).


verb (used without object)

  1. to practice vivisection.

vivisect

/ ˌvɪvɪˈsɛkt; ˈvɪvɪˌsɛkt /

verb

  1. to subject (an animal) to vivisection
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±¹¾±±¹¾±ËŒ²õ±ð³¦³Ù´Ç°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±¹¾±±¹î€ƒi·²õ±ð³¦î€…t´Ç°ù noun
  • self-±¹¾±±¹î€ƒi·²õ±ð³¦î€…t´Ç°ù noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vivisect1

First recorded in 1860–65; back formation from vivisection
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of vivisect1

C19: back formation from vivisection
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Example Sentences

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For example, standing right next to a table featuring a prop body vivisected in all of its gruesomeness was a hovering staff person and that was a distraction.

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It didn’t help that she was pressured to watch a boy vivisect a live crawfish with his pocket knife.

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The 17th-century French philosopher René Descartes infamously vivisected dogs because he believed only human beings could have souls.

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Rarely has a film so neatly emotionally vivisected me as this one about a villain best known for wanting to skin puppies to make a coat.

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Visuals to remind a player that he is always near death include ravens picking at dead meat, bodies hung outdoors and a vivisected corpse lying on a morgue table, for example.

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