take apart

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verb

1. divide into pieces (Freq. 1)
- our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
- The Empire was discerped after the war
• Syn:
dismember, discerp
• Hypernyms:
separate, divide, part
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. take apart into its constituent pieces (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
disassemble, dismantle, break up, break apart
• Ant:
assemble (for: disassemble)
• Derivationally related forms:
dismantlement (for: dismantle), dismantling (for: dismantle)
• Hypernyms:
destroy, destruct
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. 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
• Syn:
analyze, analyse, break down, dissect
• Ant:
synthesize (for: analyze)
• Derivationally related forms:
dissection (for: dissect), breakdown (for: break down), analyser (for: analyse), analyst (for: analyze), analyzer (for: analyze)
• Hyponyms:
parse, botanize, botanise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something