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DISASSEMBLE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they disassemble ... he / she / it disassembles
Past simple: disassembled
Past participle: disassembled
-ing form: disassembling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Take apart into its constituent pieces
Synonyms:
break apart; break up; disassemble; dismantle; take apart
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "disassemble" is one way to...):
destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disassemble"):
strike (disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
assemble (create by putting components or members together)
