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DISMANTLING
dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly
(noun) the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery); “Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
dismantling
present participle of dismantle
Noun
dismantling (plural dismantlings)
The act by which something is dismantled.
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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