Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb anatomize

2 senses of anatomize

Sense 1
anatomize, anatomise -- (dissect in order to analyze; "anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease")
       => dissect -- (cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis")

Sense 2
anatomize -- (analyze down to the smallest detail; "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior")
       => analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas -- (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning; "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives")