disassembled

Definition of disassemblednext
past tense of disassemble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disassembled 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 After more than a year in place, the tower crane used for work on the Thompson Center was disassembled in February 2026 as the redevelopment entered its final phases. Adam Harrington, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 Slowly, incrementally, Andrew disassembled the coach, until hundreds of little bits of him were scattered from Rockville to Manassas. John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026 In the teen's pocket was a firearm, but it was disassembled, in multiple pieces, and incapable of being fired, the suit says. ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 Transporting large components across the rocky terrain risked damaging them, so they were disassembled into modules for delivery to the site. Aman Kumar, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Apr. 2026 Two tiny humanoid robots that can play soccer stand in a glass case, one blinking and gesturing at visitors and the other partially disassembled to reveal the engineering inside. Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 5 Mar. 2026 Notably, the facility is modular and expandable, allowing it to be disassembled and reassembled on location as productions require. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassembled
Verb
  • Workers’ groups, retiree organizations, and Democratic lawmakers spent months fighting a proposal that would have dismantled the most successful anti-poverty program in American history.
    Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
  • It was systematically dismantled by the fierce, courageous resistance of Black mothers, soldiers, and civil rights workers who recognized the lethal power of these performances and put everything on the line to change the course of our history.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • The report suggests that more unhoused people are dispersed across the county than in previous counts.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Manufacturing capacity has dispersed abroad.
    Eric Kutcher, Fortune, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • Bellingham looked sluggish and disconnected from his team-mates for most of the game.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 10 May 2026
  • But more than anything, Bolles is authentic in a world that is disconnected by social media and polarized by politics.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Ballot propositions raising taxes for a specific popular need, but the funds go surprisingly into a general fund to be dissipated for political needs undisclosed to voters.
    Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Ash devils can hurl hot embers in all directions and spark new fires, but this one harmlessly dissipated without spreading the blaze further.
    Blanca Begert, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2026
Verb
  • Stopping, the man dismounted and shot that big bear square in the chest.
    Scott Haugen, Outdoor Life, 4 Feb. 2026
  • This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Once utilized as fuel, the molten salt is dissolved with fissile material, like uranium-235, plutonium-239 or uranium-233.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 May 2026
  • Cook, stirring, until all of the sugar is dissolved.
    Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 12 May 2026
Verb
  • The patterns could be rearranged and detached through an integrated linking system.
    Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 14 May 2026
  • The base and handle of the original product are a bit bulkier than the newer model as well, and the original product cannot be detached for storage or travel purposes.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • In a separate attack, his brother was killed in front of him; two of his siblings have disappeared and are still missing.
    Annie Hylton, New Yorker, 14 May 2026
  • But as production costs rose and financing grew more risk-averse, those ambitious historical spectacles gradually disappeared from the big screen, replaced by smaller auteur dramas, comedies and internationally portable genre films.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026

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“Disassembled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassembled. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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