take apart
ta·kea·part
verb
1.
take apart into its constituent pieces
2.
divide into pieces
- “our department was dismembered when our funding dried up”
- “The Empire was discerped after the war”
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”
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