Antonyms for take apart
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-pahrt |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈpɑrt |
- add
- adorn
- aid
- approve
- arrange
- assemble
- assist
- associate
- attach
- be indifferent
- bear
- beautify
- begin
- boost
- break
- build
- build up
- calm
- clean
- clear up
- collect
- combine
- comfort
- compose
- connect
- construct
- continue
- couple
- create
- cure
- decorate
- desegregate
- destroy
- develop
- educate
- embellish
- enable
- encourage
- enhance
- enlighten
- enrich
- explain
- fail
- fasten
- fix
- flourish
- gather
- give up
- go
- grow
- guard
- heal
- hearten
- help
- hitch
- hold
- honor
- hook
- ignore
- improve
- increase
- initiate
- inspirit
- join
- keep
- leave alone
- link
- lose
- make good
- marry
- meld
- mend
- merge
- moralize
- neglect
- obey
- open
- order
- organize
- ornament
- placate
- please
- praise
- produce
- protect
- purify
- put together
- raise
- rebuild
- reconcile
- remain
- repair
- respect
- restore
- retreat
- revive
- rise
- sanctify
- sanction
- save
- schedule
- set up
- soothe
- start
- stay
- strengthen
- surrender
- unite
- uplift
- work
- yield
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
- 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
- abash
- abstract
- adjourn
- annihilate
- atomize
- ax
- bash
- batter
- beach
- beat
- best
- black out
- blast
- blemish
- blot out
- blow out
- blow up
- blue pencil
- bog
- break
- break apart
- break down
- break up
- bulldoze
- burst
- cancel
- capsize
- chill
- clobber
- come apart
- conquer
- cover
- crack
- crack up
- crash
- cripple
- crumble
- crush
- cut
- dabble
- damage
- damp
- dampen
- dash
- daunt
- debase
- debilitate
- decay
- decimate
- decline
- decompose
- deface
- defeat
- defile
- deflate
- degenerate
- deject
- delete
- deliquesce
- demolish
- depredate
- descend
- desecrate
- desolate
- despoil
- destroy
- detach
- devastate
- devour
- dilapidate
- disable
- disaffiliate
- disarrange
- disassemble
- disassociate
- disband
- disconcert
- disconnect
- discountenance
- discourage
- disengage
- disentangle
- disfigure
- disgrace
- dishearten
- disimprove
- disjoin
- dismantle
- dismount
- disorder
- disorganize
- disparage
- disperse
- dispirit
- disrupt
- dissociate
- dissolve
- disturb
- disunite
- divide
- divorce
- do in
- do one in
- doodle
- drub
- eat
- efface
- eliminate
- embarrass
- end
- enfeeble
- eradicate
- erase
- expunge
- exterminate
- extirpate
- fade away
- fall to pieces
- finish
- finish off
- fix
- flatten
- founder
- free
- get to
- gobble up
- halt
- hammer
- harm
- humiliate
- impair
- injure
- isolate
- jumble
- kill
- knock down
- knock off
- knock out
- KO
- lambaste
- lay waste
- let down
- level
- lick
- liquidate
- loose
- loosen
- lower
- make useless
- mangle
- mar
- mark out
- mess
- mess up
- mess with
- molder
- monkey
- mop up
- mortify
- muck about
- muck up
- muddle
- niggle
- nix
- nonplus
- obliterate
- obscure
- off
- outdo
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overthrow
- overturn
- overwhelm
- part
- pile up
- pillage
- play
- play with
- plunder
- prejudice
- psych out
- puddle
- pull down
- pull off
- pulverize
- put an end to
- put away
- put down
- put in toilet
- put out of commission
- putrefy
- putter
- raid
- rattle
- ravage
- raze
- remove
- repair
- root out
- rot
- rout
- rub off
- rub out
- ruin
- run aground
- run circles around
- sabotage
- sack
- sap
- scatter
- scratch
- scrub
- scuttle
- segregate
- send up
- separate
- settle
- sever
- shake
- shatter
- shipwreck
- shoot down
- sink
- smash
- smash up
- snarl
- splinter
- split
- spoil
- spoliate
- squash
- stamp out
- steamroller
- stop
- strand
- subdue
- subvert
- sunder
- suspend
- taint
- take apart
- take out
- take steam out
- tarnish
- tear down
- tear off
- tear up
- terminate
- thrash
- top
- torpedo
- total
- toy
- trash
- trifle with
- trim
- trounce
- turn
- turn to dust
- uncouple
- undermine
- undo
- unfasten
- unfix
- unglue
- unhitch
- unman
- unsettle
- unzip
- upset
- vandalize
- vanquish
- vitiate
- wallop
- wash away
- wash out
- waste
- wax
- weaken
- whomp
- wipe off face of earth
- wipe off map
- wipe off the map
- wipe out
- withdraw
- wither
- worsen
- worst
- wrack
- wrack up
- wreck
- X-out
- zap
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