take apart

take apart
Synonyms and related words:
atomize, break to pieces, cleave, defoliate, demolish, denude, disassemble, disintegrate, dismantle, dismember, dismount, draw and quarter, flay, fragment, lacerate, maim, make mincemeat of, mangle, mutilate, peel, pick to pieces, pull apart, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, reduce to rubble, rend, shatter, shred, skin, smash, split, strip, sunder, take down, tear apart, tear down, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, wrack up, wreck

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