Definition of "vivisecting" []

• Present participle of vivisect. (verb)

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• "In fact, I was vivisecting him and turning over his soul-stuff as keenly and thoroughly as it was his custom to do it to others."
• "A real surgeon, skilful and audacious, came very close to vivisecting him as he radically repaired the ruin of a shoulder, doing things he would not have dared with a human but which proved to be correct for Michael."
• "For example: "At the front door, I saw my friend Liz vivisecting a pig two of hearts, two of diamonds, three of hearts …" Foer's method, which allows him to associate multiple items with each mental location, led him to set a record at the 2006 US Memory Championships by memorising an entire pack of 52 cards in only 1min 40sec."