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Deconstruct

/diːkənˈstɹʊkt/

To break something down into its component parts.

📖 Definitions of "Deconstruct"

verb

1
To break something down into its component parts.
2
To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
3
To analyse (generally).
4
To critique (generally).

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
dismantlingnoun	The act by which something is dismantled.
decommissionverb	To take out of service or to render unusable.
dismantleverb	(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
take apartverb	To dismantle something into its component pieces.
unconstructverb	(transitive, rare, sometimes figurative) To take apart; to deconstruct.
decomposeverb	(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components.
break downverb	(intransitive, of a machine, computer, vehicle, etc.) To stop functioning.
disassembleverb	To take to pieces; to reverse the process of assembly.
deaggregatenoun	To separate something into its component parts.
dissectverb	(transitive) To analyze an idea in detail by separating it into its parts.
unbuild	(transitive) To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
decompoundnoun	A decomposite.
resolvenoun	(uncountable) Determination; will power.
disintegrateverb	(intransitive) To fall apart; to break up into parts.
unpieceverb	(transitive) To disassemble piece by piece.
break upverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To end a (usually romantic or sexual) relationship.
tear apartverb	(transitive) to destroy
analyzeverb	(transitive) To subject to analysis.
fragmentnoun	A part broken off; a small, detached portion; an imperfect part, either physically or not
disaggregatenoun	to separate or break down into components