1
as in dismantling
to take apart
they had to disassemble the television set in order to replace the wiring
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as in dissipating
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 disassembling
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.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
The activities include randomly selecting units, disassembling them at the Pantex Plant, and testing components at Sandia’s Weapons Evaluation Testing Laboratory.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 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
Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
The activities include randomly selecting units, disassembling them at the Pantex Plant, and testing components at Sandia’s Weapons Evaluation Testing Laboratory.
—Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Feb. 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
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Installations share the story of a racial incident that helped lead to dismantling discriminatory housing policies.—
Dana Afana,
Freep.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Over the past few months, legislators have been pushing Assembly Bill 630, legislation that would facilitate the towing, dismantling and essentially the destruction of many RVs statewide under the guise of health and safety.—
Sean Geary,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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Sleek Design The CableTime dock is housed in an aluminum alloy shell which is both durable and efficient at dissipating heat that can build up when the dock is being used.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The four-wheel-drive system features a disconnecting rear axle to improve fuel economy.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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The Great Resignation has given way to what Gallup calls the Great Detachment—fewer people moving but more disconnecting from the meaning of corporate careers.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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While the state's population growth has been driven largely by Latino, Black, and Asian communities—groups that traditionally lean Democratic—the new lines minimize the electoral power of those groups by dispersing them across districts.—
Amanda Castro
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Rather than dispersing his massive collection, Tomlinson decided to relocate.—
Will McGough,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Airport officials voted to begin detaching themselves from Highfill in September 2023, and the sides have been in court and before the Arkansas Legislature multiple times since.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
19 Aug. 2025
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In April, Yen shared a video of his friend wakeboarding while attached to a plane, detaching a small piece of the aircraft.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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The old binaries of traditional finance (TradFi) versus decentralized finance (DeFi) and permissioned versus permissionless are dissolving.—
Ilya Volkov,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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Today, Warren-Thomas operates Nature Made Me, a full-service herbal apothecary and tea house in Kansas City, offering teas, tinctures (a medicine made by dissolving a drug in alcohol), consultations and community education.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
23 Aug. 2025
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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
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Authorities have released new details in the manhunt for the Washington father accused of killing his three daughters before disappearing into the wilderness.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Just don’t wait too long because deals like this have a way of disappearing.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Disassembling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disassembling. Accessed 5 Sep. 2025.
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