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disassemble

[dis-uh-sem-buhl] / ˌdɪs əˈsɛm bəl /
VERB
take apart
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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

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

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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