deconstruct
verb (used with object)
to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle.
have deconstructed
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present perfectof deconstruct.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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Now scientists have deconstructed the collision and its aftermath — and learnt just how successful humanity’s punch at the cosmos really was.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 2, 2023
They have deconstructed works by Anthony Bourdain, Sinead O’Connor, Abby Wambach, Meghan McCain, Peggy Guggenheim, Teri Hatcher and even the former president Ulysses S. Grant, who they decided was a major “horse girl.”
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2022
It feels less like a flat than a townhouse, the sort that the midcentury American Brutalist Paul Rudolph might have deconstructed.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2021
