Definitions for dissect

dissect dis·sect

Spelling: [dih-sekt, dahy-]
IPA: /dɪˈsɛkt, daɪ-/

Dissect is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in dissect (cdeisst).

Definitions for dissect

verb (used with object)

  1. to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like.
  2. to examine minutely part by part; analyze:

Origin of dissect

1600-10; Latin dissectus (past participle of dissecāre to cut up), equivalent to dis- dis-1 + sec- cut + -tus past participle suffix

Examples for dissect

We can dissect it and determine what the cops did wrong, maybe what Garner could have done differently.

I'm going to take up every statement he made tonight and dissect it—every point.

“dissect him,” said Dyke, who was on his knees with his sharp sheath-knife in his hand.

"Got the sack, I suppose," he said, and began to dissect a chicken.

We dissect the most insane accusations, from a cell phone lost at a crack den to a hint of heroin.

Joe Weisberg and Joel Fields dissect the second-season premiere of the best spy show on TV.

Were you to dissect him, and inspect his stomach, you would find no milk there.

The sensation astonished him so much that he lacked the courage to dissect it.

The exhibition goes on to dissect the recognizable aesthetic of paparazzi photos.

Right now, each staff researcher is able to dissect 160 mosquitoes an hour.

Word Value for dissect
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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