Definition of disassemble
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Examples of disassemble in a Sentence
The bookshelf disassembles for easy storage.
they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring
Recent Examples of disassemble from the Web
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They were then disassembled and taken for disposal.
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THE LIGHTBULB Brick by brick, the Obama administration’s climate legacy is being disassembled across the federal government.
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Trump would not be the first Republican president to disassemble a White House initiative tasked with gender equality.
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Given that the time capsule was placed so far into the monument's base, the letter's writer must have known that future readers only would access it if the monument were destroyed or disassembled.
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The little suckers were disassembling it with remarkable efficiency.
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This plutocratic-kleptocratic authoritarian system seeks to bore into, and disassemble, democratic institutions from the inside out.
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The statue, which was disassembled for the move, is currently in storage.
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Weighing in at 229 pounds, the bulkier Victory takes more effort than the Buzzaround to muscle into a van or onto a rack, although each scooter can be disassembled into three pieces without tools.
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First Known Use of disassemble
1903
DISASSEMBLE Defined for English Language Learners
disassemble
playDefinition of disassemble for English Language Learners
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: to disconnect the pieces of (something)
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: to come apart into smaller pieces
DISASSEMBLE Defined for Kids
disassemble
playDefinition of disassemble for Students
disassembled
;disassembling
: to take apart They disassembled the toy racetrack.
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