dismantle

dis·man·tle  (ds-mntl)

tr.v. dis·man·tled, dis·man·tling, dis·man·tles

1.

a. To take apart; disassemble; tear down.

b. To put an end to in a gradual systematic way: dismantling the cumbersome regulations for interstate trucking.

2. To strip of furnishings or equipment: dismantled the house before knocking it down.

3. To strip of covering or clothing.

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[Obsolete French desmanteler, to raze fortifications round a town, from Old French : des-, dis- + (em)manteler, to cover with a coat, shelter (ultimately from mantel, cloak; see mantle).]

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dis·mantle·ment n.

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dismantle [dɪsˈmænt^əl]

vb (tr)

1. to take apart

2. to demolish or raze

3. to strip of covering

[from Old French desmanteler to remove a cloak from; see mantle]

dismantlement  n

dismantler  n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	dismantle - tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" pull down, rase, raze, tear down, level, take down bulldoze - flatten with or as if with a bulldozer destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	2.	dismantle - take apart into its constituent pieces break apart, disassemble, take apart, break up destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house"
	3.	dismantle - take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" strip remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"

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dismantle

verb

1. take apart, strip, demolish, raze, disassemble, pull to pieces, unrig, take to pieces or bits He asked for immediate help to dismantle the warheads.

2. abolish, end, overturn, suppress, overthrow, void, terminate, eradicate, put an end to, quash, do away with, stamp out, obliterate, vitiate opposition to the president's policy of dismantling apartheid

Translations

dismantle [dɪsˈmæntl] VT [+ machine] → desmontar, desarmar; [+ fort, ship] → desmantelar; [+ system, organization] → desmantelar

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dismantle [ˌdɪsˈmænt^əl] vt

[+ structure] → démonter; [+ building] → détruire; [+ fort, warship] → démanteler

[+ system, infrastructure] → démanteler; [+ barriers] → anéantir

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dismantle

vt (= take to pieces) → auseinandernehmen; scaffolding → abbauen; (permanently) ship → abwracken; arms factory, machinery → demontieren; (fig) apartheid etc → demontieren

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dismantle [dɪsˈmæntl] vt (machine etc) → smontare; (service, system) → smantellare; (fort, warship) → disarmare

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dismantle

v dismantle [disˈmӕntl]

to pull down or take to pieces The wardrobe was so large we had to dismantle it to get it down the stairs. uitmekaar haal, afbreek يُفَكِّك оголвам rozebrat skille ad; demontere zerlegen, niederreißen αποσυναρμολογώ, διαλύω desmontar, desarmar lahti võtma از هم باز کردن؛ اوراق کردن purkaa démonter לְפָרֵק विघटित करना ogoliti, lišiti lebont membongkar taka í sundur smontare, smantellare 取りこわす 해체하다 išardyti, išmontuoti izārdīt; izjaukt; demontēt membongkar ontmantelen, afbreken rive ned, ta fra hverandre rozebrać, rozmontować desmanchar a de­monta разбирать rozobrať razdreti, demontirati rastaviti demontera, ta isär รื้อ sökmek 拆除 розбирати, демонтувати توڑنا ، ڈھانا tháo dỡ 拆除