disassemble
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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
"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
The project to disassemble and eventually rebuild the chapel is expected to take four years.
From New York Times ● May 16, 2024
Then came the things I could disassemble, like the crew seats, several of the backup systems, and the control panels.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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“This is art that summons, that creates what should be and disassembles what should not,” Toni Morrison wrote in the introduction to “Lost and Found,” a limited-edition 1989 portfolio of Ms. Maynard’s lithographs.
From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2022
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
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 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
Shukumar had disassembled it all before bringing Shoba back from the hospital, scraping off the rabbits and ducks with a spatula.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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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
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
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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