taking apart

1. 1.

   the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces

   Synonymsdismemberment

   Broadermutilationtorture

Questions about taking apart

What does taking apart mean?

taking apart means "the removal of limbs; being cut to pieces".

What is another word for taking apart?

Close synonyms include dismemberment. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is taking apart a common word?

taking apart is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.