disassembles

present tense third-person singular of disassemble
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as in disperses
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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Verb
  • In its world premiere, SECOND NATURE challenges the notion that queerness is unnatural, by turning to nature itself — and the science that dismantles the myth of the gender binary.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Next up, the watchmaker dismantles the movement, carefully inspecting and thoroughly cleaning each part.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • God, annoyed, confuses their languages and disperses them, ending the construction.
    John Fugelsang September 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Kirk is thrown backwards by the shot, which appeared to hit his neck, before the crowd disperses in panic.
    Richard Hall, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The magic keyboard folio turns your iPad into a fully functioning laptop and detaches and attaches with a simple click.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • After continents rift, or break apart, hot, dense rock detaches from the base of tectonic plates in blobs, which generate waves beneath Earth’s crust.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Without sufficient density and confinement, the plasma’s energy dissipates too quickly.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2025
  • The Pacific Ocean remains active even after Juliette dissipates, however, with hurricane center forecasters keeping an eye on three tropical waves with varying degrees of potential for development.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shillitoe's Kejashi system, which sounds Japanese but is just a nod do his own name KEnt JAmes SHIllitoe, disconnects the forks and handlebars from the normal steering head, and mounts them on a trailing arm coming back from a point well out in front of the fairing.
    Loz Blain August 04, New Atlas, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The installation dissolves the fourth wall, bringing viewers into the heart of the performance with hyperreal dancers from Company Wayne McGregor and the Hong Kong Ballet in a unique soundscape by Invisible Mountain.
    Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
  • For the first stretch of Erupcja, Charli almost dissolves into the screen, not like an outsize personality who’s dressing down for a part, but like someone who isn’t able to repurpose her considerable ability to hold our attention — or to give us any sense of what’s on her character’s mind.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Yet most of this knowledge disappears into corporate databases.
    Roomy Khan, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And in the flood, the specialness disappears.
    Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • As the afterglow of the midyear continental tournaments fades back into seasonal play in global women’s soccer, there’s been a trend of superlative record-breaking, from the youngest professional goal scorers to the most lucrative transfer fees.
    Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • If an online trend fades or followers are lost, the name tends to lose steam as well.
    Sarah Scott, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Disassembles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassembles. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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