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View definitions for take apart

take apart

verb as in break off

verb as in take down

verb as in tinker

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“It wasn’t common practice for studios or archives to hold onto objects. A lot of costumes and props would get reused, recycled, taken apart.”

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After more than four decades of delay, the first such submarine, Swiftsure, has had its reactor removed and is currently being taken apart in a dry dock.

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“Two words,” says Tony, observing Ziva take apart a thug endangering her daughter.

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"It'll end when Hamas is totally defeated and the whole infrastructure is totally taken apart. If you leave it now, they'll rebuild everything and the situation will come back in another three or four years."

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The group, she says, has caused fires, damaged the roof and taken apart air-conditioning units for parts, all of which she’s had to repair or replace, costing her nearly $100,000.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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