disassemble
verb (used with object)
to take apart.
disassembling
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present participleof disassemble.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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From all accounts, Israeli and American military strikes are meeting and even exceeding their goals of disassembling the regime’s infrastructure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 16, 2026
There, Mark finds Gemma serenely disassembling the crib, and coaxes her to run with him.
From Salon ● Mar. 22, 2025
From San Diego to San Francisco, state and local workers began disassembling makeshift shelters and camps and displacing the homeless people living in them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 28, 2024
These include disassembling the station and using the younger elements in a next-generation platform.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2024
The next time we saw him, he was in uniform, assigned to motion study training in assembling and disassembling the Lewis machine gun and other automatic weapons.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
