disassemble
verb (used with object)
to take apart.
has disassembled
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present perfectof disassemble (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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An investigation team that includes Metro officials and the safety commission has disassembled and inspected wheel sets at a Metro maintenance facility this week.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2021
But though he has disassembled much of the old order, he has built very little in its place.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2020
In the highest-profile examples of our shamefulness, Twitter has disassembled people and careers before the public’s very eyes.
From Time ● Mar. 20, 2015
David Platzker, director of Specific Object, has disassembled two volumes and covered the four walls of his small gallery with their pages, enabling viewers to survey the whole all at once.
From New York Times ● Mar. 17, 2011
After every war the U. S. has fought, it has disassembled its fighting machine, on the theory that there would be no more wars.
From Time Magazine Archive
