disassemble \dis`as*sem"ble\ v. t. 1. to take apart; to disconnect the parts of; to convert a whole into its constituent pieces.
Syn: dismantle, take apart, break apart, break up. [PJC]
2. (Computers) to convert a computer program in machine language into an equivalent assembly-language file. [PJC]
disassemble \dis`as*sem"ble\ v. i. to be able to come apart easily; to be converted into constituent parts; as, the rifle disassembles into small pieces for concealment. [PJC]
What was most unpredictable was the role that courts, the most conservative of American institutions, would play using statutory law to disassemble patterns of job discrimination for the first time in our history.