To deconstruct something is to take it apart and see how it works. You might deconstruct a car to see how it works, or you might deconstruct a sentence to see how it works.
The teacher deconstructed the sentence to find the different parts.
The engineer deconstructed the car to see how it works.
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To break something down into its component parts.
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To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
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To analyse (generally).
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To critique (generally).
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(especially US sports) To destroy.
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They planned to deconstruct the pyramids.
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It is not necessary ones'self to deconstruct the theory.
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Let's not deconstruct the article prematurely.
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The band has been deconstructed.
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Let me deconstruct the article for you.
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I deconstructed it in on the talk page in detail.
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Eno felt that they needed to deconstruct the song.
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The cabin was painstakingly deconstructed and moved in 1911.
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The city was literally deconstructed piece by piece.
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In fact, it is possible here to deconstruct the idea of meaning.