v 1: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, break up, break apart] [ant: assemble]
2: divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our
funding dried up" [syn: dismember]
3: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of;
break down into components or essential features; "analyze
a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical
compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect]
[ant: synthesize]