'take apart' definitions:
Definition of 'take apart'
From: WordNet
verb
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]
verb
Divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war" [syn: dismember, take apart, discerp]
verb
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]
Synonyms of 'take apart'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- atomize,
- break to pieces,
- cleave,
- defoliate,
- demolish,
- denude,
- disassemble,
- disintegrate,
- dismantle,
- dismember,
- dismount,
- draw and quarter,
- flay,
- fragment,
- lacerate,
- maim,
- make mincemeat of,
- mangle,
- mutilate,
- peel,
- pick to pieces,
- pull apart,
- pull in pieces,
- pull to pieces,
- pulverize,
- reduce to rubble,
- rend,
- shatter,
- shred,
- skin,
- smash,
- split,
- strip,
- sunder,
- take down,
- tear apart,
- tear down,
- tear to pieces,
- tear to shreds,
- tear to tatters,
- total,
- unbuild,
- undo,
- unmake,
- wrack up,
- wreck