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as in dismantled
to take apart
they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring
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as in dispersed
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 disassembled
Once completed in Spain, the new organ was disassembled and its parts were gradually transported to Prague on trucks.
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ABC News,
15 June 2026
But by the time Villanova went to Broad Street to play Temple in 2017, the Wildcats had entirely disassembled the Big 5, turning it into their own personal playground.
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Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
Then after the launch, the astronauts disassembled the seats and set up informal zones.
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New Atlas,
6 June 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
It can be easily reconfigured or disassembled, replaced and recycled.
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Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
All of that data funnels through a roving technical center that gets disassembled after every race and shipped to the next location.
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John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Vaillancourt Fountain, a Brutalist, pre-cast concrete fountain that’s been the central feature of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza since 1971, caught fire on Wednesday morning as it was being disassembled, according to reports.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
The expansion has been tentatively proposed in former pony ride area along Land Park Drive that workers disassembled in February and in the Primrose Hill area that currently includes a statue of pioneer Charles Swanston and garden.
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Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
ABC News,
15 June 2026
But by the time Villanova went to Broad Street to play Temple in 2017, the Wildcats had entirely disassembled the Big 5, turning it into their own personal playground.
—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
14 June 2026
Then after the launch, the astronauts disassembled the seats and set up informal zones.
—
New Atlas,
6 June 2026
That boat featured a staggering 68-meter rigid wing sail that could not be disassembled.
—
Andrew Rice,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
It can be easily reconfigured or disassembled, replaced and recycled.
—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
25 May 2026
All of that data funnels through a roving technical center that gets disassembled after every race and shipped to the next location.
—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2026
Vaillancourt Fountain, a Brutalist, pre-cast concrete fountain that’s been the central feature of San Francisco’s Embarcadero Plaza since 1971, caught fire on Wednesday morning as it was being disassembled, according to reports.
—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 May 2026
The expansion has been tentatively proposed in former pony ride area along Land Park Drive that workers disassembled in February and in the Primrose Hill area that currently includes a statue of pioneer Charles Swanston and garden.
—
Graham Womack,
Sacbee.com,
29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassembled
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Every battery pack that is repurposed rather than dismantled and exported represents a modest step toward greater supply-chain resilience.
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Eventually, the camps were dismantled around the summer of 1946, and the prisoners were allowed to return to Europe.
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After October 7th, thousands were rounded up, bused to Ramallah, and dispersed across West Bank cities.
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This only works when authorization, validation, business rules and state-transition controls are enforced at the service boundary, instead of being dispersed across user interfaces or deferred to downstream systems.
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So even if disconnected from headquarters, a brigade can still use the system.
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Carbon offsets, by contrast, can be difficult to verify and are often disconnected from local conditions.
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As alibis and polygraph tests dissipated police theories and the case moved from one investigator to another, newspaper interviews from the ’80s and ’90s capture the family’s desperate plea for answers melt into somber acceptance and hope that Carla wasn’t somewhere out there suffering.
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After the three-hour event, which culminated in stirring speeches by the Obamas and an all-star musical finale, much of the crowd and the media dissipated.
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Ukrainian drones monitor these areas for resupply movement by small trucks, ground robots, or dismounted troops.
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Stopping, the man dismounted and shot that big bear square in the chest.
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The government is required to allot 90 days between the dissolution of the Knesset and the election, so the latest possible day the parliament can be dissolved is July 29.
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Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers.
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The part most easily detached from the song can still become an entry point to the rest of it.
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The ornate accessory features scrollwork and clover motifs in silver and gold, set with diamonds that can be detached and worn as a brooch.
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Before Black rodeos disappeared from the local calendar, cowboys and cowgirls from around the country regularly traveled to Kansas City to compete.
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In that moment, Hurst said, her imposter syndrome disappeared.
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