disassemble

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dis·as·sem·ble / ˌdisəˈsembəl/ • v. [tr.] (often be disassembled) take (something) to pieces: the piston can be disassembled for transport. ∎  Comput. translate (a program) from machine code into a symbolic language.DERIVATIVES: dis·as·sem·bly / -blē/ n.