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[ verb ] divide into pieces

Synonyms

discerp dismember

Examples

"our department was dismembered when our funding dried up" "The Empire was discerped after the war"

Used in print

(Peter Field, Rattlesnake Ridge....)

If we have to we 'll take him apart and see what he 's made of '' !

Related terms

separate

2
[ verb ] take apart into its constituent pieces

Used in print

(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)

There was no weapon Early could not take_apart and reassemble blind-folded .

Related terms

assemble destroy dismantling

3
[ verb ] make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features

Examples

"analyze a specimen" "analyze a sentence" "analyze a chemical compound"

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