DISMANTLE

strip, dismantle

(verb) take off or remove; “strip a wall of its wallpaper”

disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart

(verb) take apart into its constituent pieces

level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down

(verb) tear down so as to make flat with the ground; “The building was levelled”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

dismantle (third-person singular simple present dismantles, present participle dismantling, simple past and past participle dismantled)

(transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.

(transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.

(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

Anagrams

• dentalism

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*man"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling.] Etym: [F. démanteler, 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 demoDemol.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



RESET




Word of the Day

20 March 2025

LICENTIOUSLY

(adverb) in a licentious and promiscuous manner; “this young girl has to share a room with her mother who lives promiscuously”


coffee icon

Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.

coffee icon