Usually means: Break down into constituent parts.
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  1. deconstruct: Merriam-Webster
  2. deconstruct: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. deconstruct: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. deconstruct: Collins English Dictionary
  5. deconstruct: Vocabulary.com
  6. Deconstruct, deconstruct: Wordnik
  7. deconstruct: Wiktionary
  8. deconstruct: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. deconstruct: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. deconstruct: Dictionary.com
  11. deconstruct: Rhymezone
  12. deconstruct: FreeDictionary.org
  13. deconstruct: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. deconstruct: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deconstruct: Encyclopedia

(Note: See deconstructing as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive, often figurative) To break something down into its component parts.
verb:  (transitive) To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism).
verb:  (transitive) To analyse in general.
verb:  (transitive) To critique.
verb:  (transitive, especially US sports) To destroy.

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