About The Word Dismantle

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Dismantle

Dismantle Meaning & Definition
Dismantle Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dismantle?

[v] take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
[v] take apart into its constituent pieces
[v] tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Dismantle: break apart | break up | disassemble | level | pull down | rase | raze | strip | take apart | take down | tear down

Related Terms | Find terms related to Dismantle: annihilate | atomize | bankrupt | bare | break to pieces | cleave | decimate | demolish | denudate | denude | deprive | disarray | disassemble | disintegrate | dismember | dismount | disrobe | divest | do a strip-tease | fragment | lift | make mincemeat of | pick to pieces | pull in pieces | pull to pieces | pulverize | raze | recall | reduce to rubble | rend | repeal | rescind | reverse | ruin | shatter | smash | split | strip | sunder | take apart | take down | tear apart | tear down | tear to pieces | tear to shreds | tear to tatters | total | unarray | unbuild | uncase | unclothe | undo | undrape | undress | unmake | wrack | wrack up | wreck

See Also | bulldoze | destroy | destruct | remove | take | take away | withdraw

Dismantle In Webster's Dictionary

\Dis*man"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismantled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismantling}.] [F. d['e]manteler, OF. desmanteler; pref: des- (L. dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. mantel, F. manteau, cloak. See {Mantle}.] 1. To strip or deprive of dress; to divest. 2. To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship. A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. --Macaulay. 3. To disable; to render useless. --Comber. Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See {Demol?sh}.

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