Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To take apart: disassemble a toaster.
- v. To come apart: The unit disassembles easily.
- v. To break up in random fashion: The spectators began to disassemble.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To take apart.
Wiktionary
- v. To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. to take apart; to disconnect the parts of; to convert a whole into its constituent pieces.
- v. to convert a computer program in machine language into an equivalent assembly-language file.
- v. to be able to come apart easily; to be converted into constituent parts.
WordNet 3.0
- v. take apart into its constituent pieces
Examples
“And also there was comment and mention made about the number of arrests when some protestors were asked to "disassemble," and apparently did not do so upon command, and felt that their Constitutional rights were more "lawful" than an "unlawful" order by the federal police protecting the foreigners who called this meeting to begin with.”
AP Spins Another: G-20 Protestors Without Permits Labeled Anarchists?
“The culmination of this madness is the spread of a virus contracted on the surface of Mars that causes those infected with it to "disassemble," a deus ex machina akin to”
“An amazing demographic shift began with a plant to 'disassemble' hogs”
“After deranging the mind and disfiguring the face, the bug causes a victim's body to "disassemble" and its limbs to run amok.”
“I wonder if there is a way to 'disassemble' the switch to see exactly how its soldered to the board or how the contacts work and maybe implement a slider switch like something I can pick up from RadioShack ..”
“This fact can cause some foods to "disassemble" when you try to pull them out at finish.”
“He was a memento mori; all I had to do was melt him down or completely disassemble him.”
“We disassemble the vehicle, bring it to mile zero and build it from scratch up," Mr. Hiros said.”
“Let's disassemble our children, ship them and have them reassembled over there.”
The Washington Post: Jon Stewart's hysterical defense of teachers
“DE: I know what kind of experience it would be to take something and disassemble and reassemble something in a way that will work for a concert orchestra or on stage.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘disassemble’.
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Undo
A list of terms that denote separating one thing from another, or deconstructing a thing into its parts or to a former state. E.g., untie, divorce, unscramble.
untie, divorce, unscramble, disunite, disjoin, undo, separate, disassemble, uncouple, unhitch, disassociate, disaffiliate and 178 more...
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