How to Use disassemble in a Sentence

disassemble

verb
  • The bookshelf disassembles for easy storage.
  • The dogs would catch it and disassemble it in what seemed like seconds.
    — Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The crane boom dropped about a foot as it was being disassembled.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 May 2018
  • When not in use, the gear box can be quickly disassembled and packed flat.
    — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Once the monument is disassembled, a new base will be built for it.
    — CBS News, 20 June 2017
  • The puzzles are then cut and disassembled by machine, and bagged and boxed by hand.
    — David Frese, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • To do the cleaning, disassemble all the parts and clean each piece with a clean cloth and water.
    — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Once you’re done, the unit can be disassembled and placed on the top rack of the dishwasher.
    — Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Petersen once had to disassemble a section of the house, brick by brick, to evict a hive of bees.
    — Leia Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 Oct. 2021
  • Trucks drive on and off the field as workers build, then disassemble, the massive stage.
    — David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • If your tools have moving parts, such as with pruners, shears, and loppers, disassemble them first.
    — Cindy Daniel, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The hard and sometimes dangerous work of disassembling a tree with a chain saw is done.
    — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Then disassemble all the grinder’s parts, rinse them off, and run them through the dishwasher or wash them by hand.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Park and refuge staff snipped some wires and disassembled the fence around them, quietly to avoid spooking them.
    — Alex Devoid, azcentral, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The body panels and the frame are hand-buffed and matched before being disassembled and sent to an on-site paint shop.
    — Brett Berk, Car and Driver, 2 July 2023
  • Police disassembled the weapon before giving it to the crime scene unit.
    — Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 13 June 2019
  • The church will be photographed in great detail, disassembled, and then rebuilt, board by board.
    — Josh Dean, Bloomberg.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The pavilion was built in Thailand, then disassembled, packed and shipped by sea, rail and truck.
    — Carla Minsky, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2018
  • The 707 was disassembled and towed to the library site.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Nov. 2025
  • And out in the arena bowl, workers clean up and disassemble the playing floor, which won’t have to be used again for a while.
    — Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 14 Apr. 2020
  • By the end of October, most of the plant had been disassembled and carted away.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Threepio spent Empire getting switched off by the good guys and disassembled by the bad guys.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • The bits disassemble to fit into a pocket or backpack.
    — Simon Heptinstall december 11, New Atlas, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Boeing will disassemble each controller down to its circuit cards.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
  • For each job, the sections of pipe must be trucked or towed to the job site, assembled, then disassembled and removed.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The center pole also felt very sturdy, and the canopy was easy to disassemble and fit back in the carrying bag.
    — Megan Boettcher, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
  • Then, disassemble any of the removable parts Fill your sink with warm, soapy water.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
  • When you're done cleaning, there's no need to disassemble the mop rollers, Just run a self-cleaning cycle.
    — Anthony Karcz, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024
  • The final results—the outfits—are fitted to the mannequins and are rarely easy to disassemble.
    — Mark Holgate, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2019
  • But don’t expect to look up and see it at Crux — Randles said it would be disassembled and removed.
    — oregonlive, 27 Feb. 2023

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