DISASSEMBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disassemble mean? 

• DISASSEMBLE (verb)
  The verb DISASSEMBLE has 1 sense:

1. take apart into its constituent pieces

  Familiarity information: DISASSEMBLE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISASSEMBLE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they disassemble    ... he / she / it disassembles   
Past simple: disassembled   
Past participle: disassembled   
-ing form: disassembling   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Take apart into its constituent pieces

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

break apart; break up; disassemble; dismantle; take apart

Hypernyms (to "disassemble" is one way to...):

destroy; destruct (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disassemble"):

strike (disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

assemble (create by putting components or members together)

 Context examples 

Any physiologic process in which the C3 and C5 convertases are disassembled or proteolytically inactivated, limiting the persistence of convertase activity.

(Negative Regulation of Complement Activation, NCI Thesaurus)

NCK2-dependent (SH2 domain) B ephrin signaling increases FAK activity, redistributes paxillin, inhibits focal adhesions, and disassembles F-actin fibers.

(NCK Adaptor Protein 2, NCI Thesaurus)

A cellular process where an epithelial cell loses polarity, disassembles adhesive junctions, degrades its basement membrane and transforms into a migratory mesenchymal cell.

(Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, NCI Thesaurus)

During mitosis, the lamina matrix is reversibly disassembled as the lamin proteins are phosphorylated.

(Lamin B1, NCI Thesaurus)

During mitosis, the lamina meshwork is reversibly disassembled in parallel with phosphorylation of the lamins.

(Nuclear Lamina, NCI Thesaurus)

Microtubule structures are disassembled and re-assembled during mitosis to achieve the final state of cell division.

(Microtubule Dynamics Alteration, NCI Thesaurus)