reassembly

Rebuilding from parts

Reassembly is the act of putting something back together after it has been taken apart.

The word appears in contexts ranging from mechanical work reassembly of the engine took three hours to abstract processes the reassembly of a fractured coalition.

Instructions often warn that reassembly is the reverse of disassembly.

mechanical

components

Constituent parts

repair · fitting · alignment · fasteners · bolts · screws · diagram · manual · sequence · tools

identity

reconstruction

Rebuilding after destruction

wholeness · rebuilding · trauma · therapy · self · fragmentation · coherence · narrative · piecing · memory

restoration

antique

Old valued collectible

preserve · restore · recondition · refinish · artifact · relic · vintage · original · patina · authenticity

data

reconstruction

Rebuilding after destruction

file · corruption · forensics · defragmentation · sequencing · compilation · integration · reconstitution · parsing · decoding

puzzle

jigsaw

Puzzle or curve-cutting tool

solving · patience · edges · corners · sorting · picture · completion · missing · scattered · tabletop

Categories
Opposites
assembly state/process direction

reassemblydisassembly

Separating into components

dismantling · dismantlement · deconstruction · taking apart · teardown

structural integrity

reassemblyfragmentation

Breaking into smaller pieces

dispersal · scattering · separation · dissolution · disunion

restoration vs. destruction

reassemblydestruction

Act of completely ruining

demolition · scrapping · disposal · junking · obliteration

Family

reassemble, reassembled, reassembling, reassembles, reassemblies

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G