WordWeb Online

1. Take apart into its constituent pieces
   - disassemble, dismantle, break up, break apart
    
2. Divide into pieces
   - dismember, discerp
    
3. Make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features
   "take apart today's financial market";
   - analyze [N. Amer], analyse [Brit, Cdn], break down, dissect

Derived forms: taken apart, took apart, takes apart, taking apart

See also: break

Type of: destroy, destruct, divide, part, separate, spifflicate [Brit, informal], spiflicate [Brit, informal], uncreate [literary]

Antonym: synthesize