Build and Taking apart

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Build verb - To form by putting together parts or materials.

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Taking apart is an antonym for build.

Nearby Words: built, building, buildup, builder

Taking apart noun - The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces.

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Build is an antonym for taking apart in topics: demolish, ruin, destroy, fall apart.

In Fullmetal Alchemist fanfic Build Your Wings on the Way Down Roy believed that taking apart a chimera was impossible, only for Ed to prove him wrong and save Nina.

Source: Beyond The Impossible / Fanfic

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Taking apart and Build. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/taking_apart

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Taking apart or Build. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/build/taking_apart.

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