took apart
Broke into pieces
Took apart is the past tense of take apart, meaning to disassemble something into its components: He took apart the engine to find the problem.
It also means to defeat thoroughly or criticize harshly: The reviewer took apart every argument in the book.
We took them apart 7-0.
- tear downDestroy a structure
- disassembleSeparate into parts
- dismantleSeparate into parts
- break downFail mechanically or emotionally
- broke downFailed mechanically or emotionally
deconstruct · reverse engineered · dissect · separate · tinkering · pried · analyzed · parsed · unscrewed · gutted · overhaul · scrutinized · decoded · analysis · decomposition · unfastened · disconnected · unbuild
assembly/construction
took apartput together
Combine into one
assembled · built · constructed · pieced together · reassembled
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