disassemble
verb (used with object)
to take apart.
were disassembling
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past progressiveof disassemble.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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“A crew of yellow-hatted men were disassembling Fall, the maples and oaks and pumpkins and squirrels and heartwarming colors of the falling leaves, and getting ready to install a snowy Christmas village.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2021
Among them were disassembling a Model T Ford and reassembling it in its owner’s room, and putting a fake cornerstone upside-down on a nine-story building.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2015
