vivisect
/ˈvɪvɪsɛkt/
verb
- To perform surgery or other invasive procedures on a living animal for scientific research or experimentation.
- The lab was criticized for continuing to vivisect dogs in their experiments.
- Many countries have laws that restrict how scientists may vivisect animals.
- She decided to become a veterinarian after watching a documentary about why researchers vivisect animals.
- To analyze or examine something in a very detailed, often harsh or critical way.
- Historians often vivisect old treaties to understand the motives behind them.
- In the meeting, the manager would vivisect each employee's performance report.
- The critic proceeded to vivisect the movie, pointing out every flaw in the plot.