From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
take apart
v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: {disassemble},
{dismantle}, {take apart}, {break up}, {break apart}] [ant:
{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"
[syn: {dismember}, {take apart}, {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" [syn: {analyze}, {analyse}, {break down},
{dissect}, {take apart}] [ant: {synthesise}, {synthesize}]
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