disassemble
verb/ˌdɪsəˈsɛmbəl/
Frequency rank: #18,975 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to take something apart piece by piece
Example sentence
The engineer had to disassemble the machine carefully before replacing the broken parts.
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