verb
- Take apart into its constituent pieces.
- synonyms: disassemble, dismantle, break up, break apart
- Divide into pieces.
- usage: "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
- Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features.
- usage: "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
- synonyms: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect
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