How Potholes Form. Rainwater sinks through cracks in old or weakened asphalt. The water is soaked up by the mixture of rock, gravel, and sand that supports the road. Vehicles passing over the road force water through the soggy roadbed, eventually eroding parts of it.
disassemble The verb disassemble means to take something apart. It's one thing to disassemble a computer; it's a whole other thing to put it back together again.
Dissemble (from Latin dissimulare, meaning to hide or conceal) stresses the intent to deceive, especially about one's own thoughts or feelings, and often implies that the deception is something that would warrant censure if discovered.