How to Use disassemble in a Sentence

disassemble

verb
  • The bookshelf disassembles for easy storage.
  • With the tiny kitten trapped in the part of the rear axle, the crew from Station 29 had to disassemble the entire back of the Maserati.
    Amber Randall, sun-sentinel.com, 17 May 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The dogs would catch it and disassemble it in what seemed like seconds.
    Kyle Wintersteen, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2023
  • When not in use, the gear box can be quickly disassembled and packed flat.
    Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The crane boom dropped about a foot as it was being disassembled.
    Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 3 May 2018
  • Card’s client and three workers disassembled the home theater system the day of the SWAT raid and took it back.
    Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2024
  • Trucks drive on and off the field as workers build, then disassemble, the massive stage.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2023
  • The puzzles are then cut and disassembled by machine, and bagged and boxed by hand.
    David Frese, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Leshikar opened the hood of the car, a Honda Accord, and with the engine still hot, began to disassemble it.
    Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2021
  • At the end of the week, after most people had packed up and gone home, Jaye’s partner John walked out to the phone booth to disassemble it.
    Leora Smith, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
  • The pavilion was built in Thailand, then disassembled, packed and shipped by sea, rail and truck.
    Carla Minsky, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2018
  • Once the final whistle blows on the NFL game, that team disassembles the uprights.
    Jeremy Fuchs, SI.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The hard and sometimes dangerous work of disassembling a tree with a chain saw is done.
    Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 28 Sep. 2018
  • Once the monument is disassembled, a new base will be built for it.
    CBS News, 20 June 2017
  • Keep in Mind Cleaning the inside of the tubes and sponges can be challenging as parts need to be disassembled.
    Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The pipe organ in the balcony soon will be disassembled and trucked to an Episcopal church in Ohio.
    Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 11 Aug. 2017
  • When disassembled, the DMOS shovel is small enough to fit in a closet, on a shelf, or in the trunk of your car, making it the true go-anywhere tool.
    Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2019
  • Threepio spent Empire getting switched off by the good guys and disassembled by the bad guys.
    Darren Franich, EW.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • 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 final results—the outfits—are fitted to the mannequins and are rarely easy to disassemble.
    Mark Holgate, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2019
  • As a child, Donalds was a handful: the kind of kid who disassembles and reassembles clocks for fun, the kind of kid who gets bored in school and acts out.
    Laura Jedeed, The New Republic, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Police disassembled the weapon before giving it to the crime scene unit.
    Julian Gill, Houston Chronicle, 13 June 2019
  • The city’s landmark Wayfarers Chapel has been battered and had to be disassembled to save it this year.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Bodies from donor vehicles are disassembled and cleaned in the dirty room.
    Aaron Turpen, New Atlas, 14 Sep. 2024

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