verb
1. divide into pieces (Freq. 1)
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our department was dismembered when our funding dried up
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The Empire was discerped after the war
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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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)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
3. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
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analyze a specimen
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analyze a sentence
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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)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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take apart [phrasal verb]
They practiced taking apart [=disassembling] their rifles and putting them back together again.
2 take apart (something) or take (something) apart : to talk about the different parts of (an idea, story, etc.) often in order to criticize it
He takes apart the theory and shows its weaknesses.
3 take apart (someone) or take (someone) apart chiefly Brit : to badly beat (a person or team) in a game or contest
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Main Entry: ↑take
Useful english dictionary. 2012.