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as in to dismantle
to take apart
they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring
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as in to dissipate
to go off in different directions and cease to exist as a body or unified whole
the class was slow to disassemble, many waiting around to ask the instructor some questions
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Recent Examples of disassemble
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.
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Jenna Ebbers,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2026
That boat featured a staggering 68-meter rigid wing sail that could not be disassembled.
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Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Perhaps with patience and practice, conversations like these can build empathy, promote compromise and begin to disassemble the walls dividing us.
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Lisa Pavia-Higel,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
It can be easily reconfigured or disassembled, replaced and recycled.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for disassemble
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
Perhaps with patience and practice, conversations like these can build empathy, promote compromise and begin to disassemble the walls dividing us.
—
Lisa Pavia-Higel,
The Conversation,
27 May 2026
It can be easily reconfigured or disassembled, replaced and recycled.
—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for disassemble
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassemble
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The moves effectively dismantled the infrastructure meant to inform election officials of potential cyber threats.
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It would be dismantled, and even the awe-inspiring Ferris wheel had an unusual end.
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Eventually the crowd dissipated, some to head to Arrowhead for the game itself, others to Fan Festival and still others to watch parties across the metro.
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The song’s spacious production lets its piercing saxophone riffs dissipate into silence, only for borderline obnoxious horns to swirl them back into rhythm.
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Yet days after the work was completed, photographs and videos of floating chunks of a cerulean material that appears to have detached from the pool’s walls have gone viral.
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Today, people amass unmanageable debt simply to keep faith with a story that feels increasingly detached from their reality.
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Police at one point ordered attendees to disperse and a Bay Area News Group photographer observed several people being detained.
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The corpse flower also raises its temperature on that first, most foul-smelling evening of the bloom, to further disperse the odor.
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.
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Hobbs disconnected the state's voter database from the site and sent a quick reaction team to help fix whatever gap the foreign users had slipped through.
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The powder easily dissolves in water and is a favorite for creating DIY solutions for green cleaning, among its many other uses.
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Right now, most New Yorkers can get their Starbucks delivered in 15 minutes by e-bike — after all the foam has dissolved.
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Ukrainian drones monitor these areas for resupply movement by small trucks, ground robots, or dismounted troops.
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Chiles, though, did rebound with a clean beam and dismount for a 9.9500 score to get the Bruins back in it.
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With Prime Day 2026 winding down, now is your last chance to upgrade your pet's sleep setup before the deals disappear.
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If the collision occurs in Europe, a country like France will disappear completely from the map, and the entire continent will become an unimaginable disaster area.
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“Disassemble.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassemble. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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