anatomize

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British novelist John le Carré, who anatomized Cold War spycraft and sometimes even influenced it, has died after a short illness at the age of 89.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2020

When the cameras closed in on her as she claimed her Globe, writers breathlessly anatomized every facet of her look.

From New York Times • Feb. 23, 2017

The conclusion to “American Notes,” of 1842, a book that won him few friends in the land that he had toured, anatomized what he had found there:

From The New Yorker • Nov. 10, 2016

Her guitar tone is produced warmly, which makes one feel comforted even if they’re being emotionally anatomized.

From The Guardian • Oct. 9, 2015

He so dissected and anatomized the same, as to set forth the glorious perfections of its Maker in a most taking and entertaining manner.

From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh