disassemble
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Even an 11-minute musical performance could still require the break to be extended, given the time likely required to set up and disassemble the show.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
Everything that the casual moviegoer would consider “wrong” about Jenkin’s approach is what makes his films so transcendently jarring as they seemingly disassemble in front of our eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026
"I saw this guy literally disassemble himself in front of me, and now I'm seeing him again."
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2025
"In other words, we can disassemble the fabric so that we can recycle far more textiles in the future."
From Science Daily ● Jan. 13, 2024
He would disassemble the fifteen or so pieces and spread them at random on the table or floor, then see how fast he could reassemble them.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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The encroaching flames caused the main facility that disassembles America’s nuclear arsenal to pause operations Tuesday night, but it was open for normal work Wednesday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Located in Tar Heel, N.C., that slaughterhouse disassembles about 32,000 hogs a day.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2022
Nulaxy's aluminum laptop stand does exactly that and easily disassembles when it's not needed.
From The Verge ● Nov. 22, 2021
Gold Fame Citrus by Claire Vaye Watkins In her bold and strange novel, Watkins disassembles the mythology of the American west, paying particular attention to its brutal expansionism and unquestioned promise of personal reinvention.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 12, 2020
The energy yield depends on the amount of uranium and the time it can be held together before it disassembles itself.
From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015
The device failed to explode and it was discovered and disassembled by the authorities on March 16, the US Attorney's office said in a statement.
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
But a booster it attempted to reuse rapidly disassembled in midair.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 17, 2025
Two suits of Japanese armor, donated in 1892, were found disassembled and unidentified.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2025
Many of the island’s 300-plus residents had already disassembled their ramshackle homes, and bundles of plywood, timber, and corrugated iron lay lashed on the beach.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
The mattress was littered with wires, nails and the guts of several disassembled bronze machines.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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From all accounts, Israeli and American military strikes are meeting and even exceeding their goals of disassembling the regime’s infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
The move involved disassembling the Vault sets and transporting them across the country in 77 semitrucks to be rebuilt again — this time all connected on one sound stage — in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 14, 2026
There, Mark finds Gemma serenely disassembling the crib, and coaxes her to run with him.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
These include disassembling the station and using the younger elements in a next-generation platform.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2024
The next time we saw him, he was in uniform, assigned to motion study training in assembling and disassembling the Lewis machine gun and other automatic weapons.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
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