"deconstruct" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /diːkənˈstrʌkt/ [UK] Forms: deconstruct [canonical], deconstructs [third-person, singular], deconstructed [past], deconstructed [past, participle], deconstructing [present, participle]
Etymology: de- + construct Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|de|construct}} de- + construct Head templates: {{verb}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you deconstruct something, you break it down into its components.
    Sense id: simple-deconstruct-en-verb-ohjUNGau
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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