vivisector
/ˈvɪvɪˌsɛktər/
noun
- A person who performs vivisection (surgery on living animals for scientific research).
- The university hired a skilled vivisector to conduct the neurological study.
- The vivisector carefully monitored the animal's vital signs during the experiment.
- Many people protest against vivisectors, arguing that animal testing is cruel.
- A person who analyzes or criticizes something in a harsh, detailed, or ruthless way.
- In the debate, she acted as a vivisector of her opponent's arguments, tearing them apart point by point.
- The film critic was a vivisector of bad acting, leaving no flaw unmentioned.
- The journalist was known as a vivisector of political scandals, exposing every detail.