Main entry: analyse, analyze, dissect, break down, take apart
Definition: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
Usage: analyze a specimen; analyze a sentence; analyze a chemical compound
Main entry: take apart, discerp, dismember
Definition: divide into pieces
Usage: our department was dismembered when our funding dried up; The Empire was discerped after the war
Main entry: break apart, break up, disassemble, dismantle, take apart
Definition: take apart into its constituent pieces