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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

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

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

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

As she stomps and shouts and disassembles, I sit here, still cross-legged on the bed, and wonder whether it’s too late in the day to jump on a train and head into work.

From The Verge Aug. 1, 2022

Throughout the tragicomic solo “Monologue,” a trumpeter literally disassembles the horn, producing a litany of hisses, sputters and rattles.

From New York Times Oct. 15, 2020

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 founder of Munro & Associates, a small Detroit-area firm that disassembles and analyzes new cars, said, “A lot of crow is being eaten around here.”

From Seattle Times Jul. 16, 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 Claw will be disassembled immediately after the event concludes," Joshua Fisher, Director for White House Management and Administration, said in the papers.

From Barron's Jun. 11, 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

Touching him is order and chaos, like being assembled and disassembled at the same time.

From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon

The company has not issued any official statement about disassembling its changing rooms.

From BBC Jun. 4, 2026

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

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

From Salon Mar. 22, 2025

From San Diego to San Francisco, state and local workers began disassembling makeshift shelters and camps and displacing the homeless people living in them.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 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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