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What does vivisect mean?

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  1. (transitive) To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive.
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Wolf Larsen looked curiously at him, as though about to probe and vivisect him, then changed his mind, as from the foregone conclusion that there was nothing there to probe.
To do any great thing with the heart of another, you must vivisect your own, and this truth Theodora had to practise continually.
The man who can vivisect an emotion, and lay bare a heart-beat in print, knows a subtle joy.
Have we the right to make experiments on animals and vivisect them?
He argued that the proposed scheme for minorities would vivisect the nation.
It may be ethically objectionable to vivisect animals, or pursue profits at the expense of nature and community, but it is usually legal.

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