anatomized
Examined in detail
Anatomized is the past tense of anatomize, meaning to dissect or examine in minute detail.
Literally, it refers to cutting apart a body to study its structure: The medical students anatomized cadavers.
Figuratively, it means to analyze something thoroughly: The documentary anatomized the scandal, Critics anatomized every flaw in the proposal.
Cut open for examination
- examinedLooked at closely
- analyzedStudied methodically for meaning
- scrutinizedExamined in close detail
- deconstructedBroken down systematically
broken down · sectioned · investigated · explored · studied · inspected · probed · laid bare
Out in open
- revealedMade visible or known
- laid openExposed to view
- unmaskedHad covering removed
- uncoveredMade visible or known
stripped · demystified · elucidated · illuminated · clarified · explained · explicated · unraveled
dissected
Cut open for examination
- examinedLooked at closely
- analyzedStudied methodically for meaning
- scrutinizedExamined in close detail
deconstructed · broken down · sectioned · investigated · explored · studied · inspected · probed · laid bare · unpacked
exposed
Out in open
uncovered · stripped · demystified · elucidated · illuminated · clarified · explained · explicated · unraveled · decoded
cadaver
Body for dissection
organ · muscle · laboratory · medical · surgical · morgue · pathology · histology · viscera · dissection table
critique
Detailed evaluative analysis
theme · rhetoric · passage · prose · structure · motif · symbolism · subtext · metaphor · interpretation
anatomizedignored
Purposely not noticed
overlooked · skimmed · glossed over · neglected · disregarded
anatomizedsynthesized
Combined into unified whole
combined · unified · integrated · assembled · consolidated