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disassemble

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


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“This Court is now asked to determine whether the federal government has the power it claims — to dissemble and disassemble historical truths when it has some domain over historical facts,” Rufe wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

The modular building took 10 weeks to install - including laying its foundations - and will take just days to disassemble when it is no longer required.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2025

Those recollections led her to disassemble some of the world’s richest people in her book, but Swisher isn’t worried about the blowback.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2024

And then, “if you’re daring,” Mr. Krasnow added in an email, the goal is “to fully disassemble it into about 40 individual pieces.”

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2023

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