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disassemble

[dis-uh-sem-buhl] / ˌdɪs əˈsɛm bəl /
VERB
take apart
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For nearly half an hour, the soldier demonstrates different types of ammunition and how to assemble and disassemble the Kalashnikov using illustrated boards set up behind him on Haft-e Tir Square.

From Barron's ● May 19, 2026

Students recreate artifacts using 3D printing, attempt traditional making techniques, and use a digital app she developed to virtually disassemble historical objects.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 16, 2025

"However, there have been stacks created on parts of Mam Tor, and staff and volunteers will infrequently disassemble any found."

From BBC ● Jul. 5, 2025

Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans to disassemble the chapel, a national historic landmark and popular wedding venue.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 31, 2025

And when that modest milestone flashes past, or at some other point thereabouts, for reasons unknown your atoms will shut you down, silently disassemble, and go off to be other things.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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 latest knock against Tesla’s production credentials comes from Munro & Associates, a small Detroit-area firm that disassembles new cars and analyzes them down to the nuts and bolts.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2018

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 German firm said it had disassembled the rocket to carry out investigations.

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026

She digitally "disassembled" the fossil one bone at a time and uncovered several anatomical features that differed from known Hesperosuchus specimens.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 30, 2026

“The Eaton Fire could not have occurred if SCE had simply disassembled and removed Structure M16T1,” the lawyers added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Karen’s Bernina sewing machine was struggling, so I disassembled the motor and turned down the commutator on the lathe.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

Dad had found the pew, disassembled, in the basement of our cottage.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

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 team is disassembling at a rate fans are apprehensive about.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2026

There, Mark finds Gemma serenely disassembling the crib, and coaxes her to run with him.

From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025

“There was never a waking moment when Ed wasn’t with his guitar. He worked day and night, disassembling and then refashioning his guitars to suit his sound, practicing endlessly. It was all he cared about.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2024

That’s why the idea of my mom disassembling her room like a traveling exhibit takes this echo of pain and turns it into something new and fresh.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy




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