disassemble
verbUK /dɪs.əˈsɛm.bəl/
Etymology From dis- + assemble.
1
To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
- To perform the repair it was necessary to disassemble most of the mechanism.
- The two machines are being built in Germany by Herrenknecht, and once completed they will be disassembled for their journey to the UK.2020 June 3, “Network News: Vote now to choose names of HS2 Tunnel Boring Machines”, in Rail, page 11:
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences To convert machine code to a human-readable, mnemonic form.
- Derived terms
- disassemblable, nondisassembling
- Related terms
- assembly, disassembly, disassembler, dismantle