Definition of 'take apart'

Verb

1. take apart into its constituent pieces
      Synonyms: disassemble dismantle break up break apart
      Antonyms: assemble piece put together set up tack tack together
2. divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
      Synonyms: dismember discerp
3. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
      Synonyms: analyze analyse break down dissect
      Antonyms: synthesize synthesise

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