disassembling

present participle of disassemble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of disassembling Mahama worked with a team to complete this project, unloading four trucks of scrap metal, tirelessly extracting the matter, and disassembling railway cars. Edna Bonhomme, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 Lab groups could detect gas generation or particle fracturing without disassembling cells. Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025 The center console is optimized for disassembling and dismantling. James Morris, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025 Workers began disassembling the street where the yellow letters were painted a block from the White House after the killing of a Black man by Minnesota police sparked nationwide protests nearly five years ago. Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025 While Apple's low marks are partially due the difficulty involved in disassembling MacBooks, Lenovo appears to be withholding information from shoppers deemed critical to right-to-repair legislation and accessibility. Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2025 Biden's blue rug has been replaced with a more neutral one, which required disassembling some parts of the Resolute Desk. Mike Allen, Axios, 21 Jan. 2025 Africa’s curriculum is, in itself, a masterclass in disassembling the visual politics of beauty as a colonial construct. Akilah Sailers, Essence, 19 Dec. 2024 The multifunctional carpet cleaner has a water tank that holds more than enough water, even when tackling bigger messes, and disassembling the attachments is easy thanks to the gadget's convenient quick-release button. Toni Sutton, People.com, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disassembling
Verb
  • As arena employees started dismantling the balloon columns decorating the venue and turning hordes of mostly female fans away, there was a frenzy of frustrated tweeting and lots of tears.
    Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 15 Oct. 2025
  • An additional 62 canisters rest horizontally nearby — 50 of them filled with fuel assemblies from the time the facility generated power and another 12 containing radioactive debris from dismantling the plant.
    Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The system’s center is forecast to remain offshore of the Baja California Sur coast, dissipating by Saturday, according to the agency.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • On the forecast track, Priscilla is expected to remain offshore of the coast of Baja California Sur before dissipating.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Some destinations lend themselves particularly well to disconnecting.
    Nathan Diller, USA Today, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For 48 hours, the Taliban appeared to turn back the clock in Afghanistan with a directive to cut off the internet and phone networks, disconnecting millions of people from the world outside.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The incident occurred as demonstrators were dispersing near 801 James Madison Highway and crossing a business parking lot, according to the Culpeper Police Department.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Many others have also left quietly, dispersing across continents, carrying stories like mine.
    Sonny Alejandra, Time, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Emptying the dust cup was simple thanks to clear arrow indicators, although detaching it from the wand first added a small inconvenience.
    Toni Sutton, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That means hanging out with old friends less, making more of an effort to meet new ones, letting go of some old hobbies to explore new ones, detaching from my hometown and maybe even getting a new job.
    Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • From there, the latest forecast track suggests Lorenzo could loop back on itself before dissolving.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
  • After dissolving their own three-person police force, the village has struggled to find a way to enforce village laws, the mayor said.
    Erin Glynn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The new cleat should be particularly appealing to racers – who need to snap back in as quickly as possible after dismounting – and to riders who are intimidated by the learning curve involved in using clipless pedals for the first time.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The idea of those benefits disappearing is raising alarms in New Mexico, where more than 1 in 5 people relies on them.
    Geoff Mulvihill, Twin Cities, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Its plumpness was waning, its folds disappearing.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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“Disassembling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassembling. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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