dis·as·sem·ble
ˌdis-ə-ˈsem-bəl 
disassembled; disassembling; disassembles
: to take apart
disassemble a watch
1
: to come apart
the frame disassembles into sections
1
: the state or condition of being disassembled
2
: the act or process of disassembling or taking apart
the careful disassembly of a lens
Examples of disassemble in a Sentence
Verb
The bookshelf disassembles for easy storage.
they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring
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New Atlas, 6 June 2026
There for a while, before the recall was officially issued, there were dealers taking care of these problems under warranty, but what that entailed was essentially disassembling the entire engine, right?
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026
Fixing the honeybee sculpture To fix the honeybee, Elder has to order more supplies worth hundreds of dollars and disassemble it in order to eventually put it back together.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
That boat featured a staggering 68-meter rigid wing sail that could not be disassembled.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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Verb
Then after the launch, the astronauts disassembled the seats and set up informal zones.
—New Atlas, 6 June 2026
There for a while, before the recall was officially issued, there were dealers taking care of these problems under warranty, but what that entailed was essentially disassembling the entire engine, right?
—Joel Feder, The Drive, 3 June 2026
Fixing the honeybee sculpture To fix the honeybee, Elder has to order more supplies worth hundreds of dollars and disassemble it in order to eventually put it back together.
—Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
That boat featured a staggering 68-meter rigid wing sail that could not be disassembled.
—Andrew Rice, New York Times, 27 May 2026
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“Disassemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disassemble. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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