(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If someone ~s the body of a dead person or animal, they carefully cut it up in order to examine it scientifically.
We ~ed a frog in biology class.
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~ion (~ions)
Researchers need a growing supply of corpses for ~ion.
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2.
If someone ~s something such as a theory, a situation, or a piece of writing, they consider and talk about each detail of it.
People want to ~ his work and question his motives.
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~ion (~ions)
...her calm, condescending ~ion of my proposals.
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