DISMANTLED

demolished, dismantled, razed

(adjective) torn down and broken up

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

dismantled

simple past tense and past participle of dismantle

Source: Wiktionary


DISMANTLE

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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ERASE

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