vivisection
Example Sentences
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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
Peter Morgan’s popular vivisection of the British royal family, back for its fifth season on Netflix after a two-year wait, has consumed more than its share of pixels, including three feature articles in this newspaper.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2022
Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse aims for nothing less than a full vivisection of French society in “Bloody Oranges,” a daring social satire that proceeds from the premise that his homeland may be incurably ill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2022
She rejected vaccination and vivisection and moved toward spiritualism.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2021
Men sneered at vivisection, and yet look at its results to-day!
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
