Antonyms for take apart


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uh-pahrt
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɑrt


Definition of take apart

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French à part "to the side," from Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + partem, accusative of pars "a side" (see part (n.)).
  • As in obliterate : verb destroy
  • As in spoil : verb ruin, hurt
  • As in take down : verb humble
  • As in tear down : verb demolish, raze
  • As in tinker : verb fiddle with
  • As in whip : verb defeat soundly
  • As in wreck : verb ruin, destroy
  • As in break off : verb snap off something
  • As in break up : verb end relationship, activity
  • As in uncouple : verb detach
  • As in demolish : verb destroy; consume
  • As in demoralize : verb depress, unnerve
  • As in detach : verb disconnect, cut off
  • As in devastate : verb demolish, destroy
  • As in disintegrate : verb fall apart; reduce to pieces
Example sentences :
  • This style of forming was also easier to take apart after the setting of the concrete.
  • Extract from : « Concrete Construction » by Halbert P. Gillette
  • Take apart and clean bicycle and put together again properly.
  • Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
  • This method will allow one quickly to assemble or take apart the plane and store it in a small place.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
  • Those of the boxes which you do not use whole you should take apart carefully (see Withdrawing Nails).
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • Screw the shelves in place (see Screws) to see that everything is right, then take apart and finish.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • Of course this is not a good method for work which you may wish to take apart again.
  • Extract from : « Woodworking for Beginners » by Charles Gardner Wheeler
  • Seam it up and try it on, having it fitted nicely, then cut along the seam and take apart.
  • Extract from : « Handbook of Wool Knitting and Crochet » by Anonymous
  • It could be soothing to take apart and reassemble a complex mechanism, and sometimes you got ideas from it.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • Take apart the main and secondary valves and clean thoroughly, seeing that all parts are in good working order.
  • Extract from : « Steam Turbines » by Hubert E. Collins
  • The only parts of a rifle that an enlisted man is permitted to take apart are the bolt mechanism and the magazine mechanism.
  • Extract from : « Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army » by War Department.

Synonyms for take apart

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