disassembling

verb

Meaning

Take something apart into its separate components.

Examples

You need to disassemble the furniture before you can fit it through the narrow doorway.
The technician began to disassemble the computer to replace the faulty motherboard.

Synonyms: take apart, dismantle, strip, deconstruct

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disassembling

verb

Pronunciation: ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəl

Definition

Take something apart into its separate components.

Examples

You need to disassemble the furniture before you can fit it through the narrow doorway.
The technician began to disassemble the computer to replace the faulty motherboard.
It is much easier to assemble a complex model than it is to disassemble it without breaking the delicate pieces.

How to Use disassembling

disassemble something (collocation): the standard transitive use of the verb — "He had to disassemble the clock to clean the gears."
be disassembled by someone (collocation): passive voice usage — "The device was disassembled by the engineer for inspection."

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