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Definition of "deconstructing" [deconstructing]

  • Present participle of deconstruct. (verb)

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Use "deconstructing" in a sentence
  • "As someone who has made her name deconstructing the minutiae of the high street, she was disconcertingly long on concept and short on detail of her own business."
  • "Like Bird, his beautiful biopic of Charlie Parker; White Hunter, Black Heart, his thinly veiled biopic of John Huston; the emotionally draining A Perfect World; and The Outlaw Josey Wales, which demonstrated an interest in deconstructing the genre that made him famous, the Western, way before Unforgiven."
  • "Immediately after the Hapeville plant was formally idled, about 250 workers returned to begin deconstructing the site; more than two years later, demolition and environmental cleanup are still continuing."
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