disassemble
verb
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
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
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 2 July 2025
The incident's sole victim was the recliner the snake hid inside, which had to be disassembled and reassembled to evict the snake.
—David Chiu, People.com, 5 June 2025
The company told The Star at the time that it would, like all the other animatronics, be taken to a warehouse and disassembled.
—Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
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Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
In this way, Littler is educational: a maverick disassembling the darting continental shelf, an indulgence in the individual in a country of the collective.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 2 July 2025
The incident's sole victim was the recliner the snake hid inside, which had to be disassembled and reassembled to evict the snake.
—David Chiu, People.com, 5 June 2025
The company told The Star at the time that it would, like all the other animatronics, be taken to a warehouse and disassembled.
—Kansas City Star, 24 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for disassemble
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“Disassemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disassemble. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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