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vivisection

[viv-uh-sek-shuhn] / ˌvɪv əˈsɛk ʃən /




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Dahl’s wit may be mostly used for emotional vivisection, but it still glitters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 24, 2026

The title essay is arguably her masterpiece, a cool vivisection of a place and time when the center fell apart.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2023

She rejected vaccination and vivisection and moved toward spiritualism.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 4, 2021

This is the gift "I Know This Much Is True" offers, a lengthy, lyrical vivisection of intertwined lives made of epic woe.

From Salon ● May 10, 2020

Usually, his vivisection of Wilsons and Spaldings revealed cores consisting of extremely tightiy bundled rubber bands.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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