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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of disassemble.

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Examples

  • Photo: Visitors check out a "disassembled" washing machine at German home appliance giant Miele's stand at IFA in Berlin.

    High-tech TV/dishwasher, huh? 2008

  • "The occurrence of this frog in Madagascar and its relatives' existence in South America provides strong evidence that the supercontinent Gondwana 'disassembled' during the latest part of the Cretaceous," said Richard Lane, program director in NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.

    Archive 2008-02-01 ReBecca Foster 2008

  • "The occurrence of this frog in Madagascar and its relatives' existence in South America provides strong evidence that the supercontinent Gondwana 'disassembled' during the latest part of the Cretaceous," said Richard Lane, program director in NSF's Division of Earth Sciences.

    Welcome Beelzebufo! ReBecca Foster 2008

  • A senior Foreign Office official revealed on Wednesday that it had received reports just days before the invasion that Saddam Hussein may not be able to use chemical weapons as they had been "disassembled".

    BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition 2009

  • Among the devastating details presented to the inquiry was the revelation that British spies reported 10 days before the invasion that Iraq had "disassembled" what chemical weapons it had - but Mr Blair went ahead and sent troops into battle.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

  • Foreign Office official Sir William Ehrman said that a report suggested that such weapons may have been "disassembled", while another report suggested Iraq might also lack warheads capable of spreading chemical agents.

    legitgov 2009

  • But the very intensity of his conviction discouraged divergent views, notably the claim that Saddam could launch WMD within 45 minutes, or the intelligence report received just days before the war that Saddam's chemical weapons may have been "disassembled".

    Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2009

  • The Foreign Office official Sir William Ehrman told the inquiry that a report suggested such weapons may have been "disassembled".

    New Statesman 2009

  • Foreign Office official Sir William Ehrman said that a report suggested that such weapons may have been "disassembled", while another report suggested Iraq might also lack warheads capable of spreading chemical agents.

    CommonDreams.org Headlines 2009

  • Among the devastating details presented to the inquiry was the revelation that British spies reported 10 days before the invasion that Iraq had "disassembled" what chemical weapons it had - but Mr Blair went ahead and sent troops into battle.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2009

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