disassembled

verb

past tense of disassemble
1
as in dismantled
to take apart they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring

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2
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 Plus, cumbersome pieces can be difficult to navigate around doorways, corners, and stairwells, and disassembled furniture takes up less space in the moving truck. — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2026 Once completed in Spain, the new organ was disassembled and its parts were gradually transported to Prague on trucks. — 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassembled
  1. dismantled
  2. dispersed
  3. disconnected
  4. dissipated
  5. dismounted
  6. dissolved
  7. detached
  8. disappeared
Verb
  • In Cairo, two Egyptian sources said Hamas had agreed to several contentious points, including the handover of weapons, but had requested changes regarding the definition of the infrastructure to be dismantled, adding more talks were underway.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • As a first step, city workers dismantled the picnic pavilion where addicts smoked and shot up, its condition having deteriorated from all the misuse.
    — Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Definition of dismantled
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  • That means that the money being dispersed is moving more slowly, York said.
    — Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Conversely, a larger FOV decreases the angular resolution, since the pixels are dispersed across a wider area of the screen.
    — BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of dispersed
Verb
  • Embraced by a number of celebrities since its debut, the silhouette might present a bit of an optical illusion upon first glance, appearing as if two sides of the pump are disconnected in the front.
    — Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 31 July 2026
  • In her experience, disengagement is usually the result of people feeling unheard, undervalued or disconnected from the purpose behind their work.
    — Barnaby Lashbrooke, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of disconnected
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  • Shower off your plants every couple of days until the smoke has dissipated.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
  • But these scenes are filmed with such playfulness that the shock value is completely dissipated.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 31 July 2026
Definition of dissipated
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  • Meanwhile, the owner of the carriage involved in the fatal crash suspended the driver indefinitely and plans to retire the horse, according to union officials, who said the driver improperly dismounted to take a photograph of his passengers.
    — Barry Williams, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
  • Their father dismounted, went down on foot, climbed the fence his son had crawled under.
    — Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of dismounted
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  • The Financial Times reported last week that DeepMind had dissolved the dedicated AlphaFold team.
    — Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The suit alleges that his relatives secretly shifted away assets and dissolved a three-decades-old sister company without his permission, stripping him of economic benefits.
    — Kirk Ogunrinde, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of dissolved
Verb
  • The rocket's Super Heavy booster detached from the Starship spacecraft about two minutes into the flight, and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.
    — Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026
  • His upper arm bone was detached from the joint, and the sphere-like top of his upper arm bone (humeral head) was completely gone.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026
Definition of detached
Verb
  • Giveaway jerseys disappeared in 30 minutes on Valkyries Day at a San Francisco Giants game.
    — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • The pair disappeared from view and reemerged after several seconds as the wave receded.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of disappeared

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“Disassembled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassembled. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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