take-apart

Verbs

  • (v) take apart into its constituent pieces break apart, disassemble, dismantle, break up,
  • (v) divide into pieces
    • our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
    • The Empire was discerped after the war
    discerp, dismember,
  • (v) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
    • analyze a specimen
    • analyze a sentence
    • analyze a chemical compound
    analyze, break down, dissect, analyse,

Synonyms

break apart disassemble dismantle break up discerp dismember analyze break down dissect analyse

Antonyms

assemble put together tack together piece set up tack synthesise synthesize

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