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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
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