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Dismantle

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}.

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"

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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