make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound"
take apart into its constituent pieces
divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"
divide into pieces; "our department was dismembered when our funding dried up"; "The Empire was discerped after the war"
make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features