dismantle
11dismantle — dismantlement, n. dismantler, n. /dis man tl/, v.t., dismantled, dismantling. 1. to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress. 2. to disassemble or pull down; take apart:… …
12dismantle — dis|man|tle [ dıs mæntl ] verb transitive 1. ) to separate the parts of something such as a machine so that they no longer form a single unit: All the furniture is easy to dismantle and transport. 2. ) to end a political or economic system or get …
13dismantle — verb Dismantle is used with these nouns as the object: ↑barricade, ↑empire, ↑network, ↑system …
14dismantle — dis|man|tle [dısˈmæntl] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: desmanteler, from mantel cloak ] 1.) to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces ▪ Chris dismantled the bike in five minutes. 2.) to… …
15dismantle — verb 1 (T) to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces: Chris dismantled the bike in five minutes. 2 (T) to gradually get rid of a system or organization: an election promise to dismantle the existing tax… …
16dismantle — transitive verb (dismantled; dismantling) Etymology: Middle French desmanteler, from des dis + mantel mantle Date: 1579 1. to take to pieces; also to destroy the integrity or functioning of 2. to strip of dress or covering …
17dismantle — Synonyms and related words: annihilate, atomize, bankrupt, bare, break to pieces, cleave, decimate, demolish, denudate, denude, deprive, disarray, disassemble, disintegrate, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, do a strip tease, fragment, lift,… …
18dismantle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. take apart; raze, demolish; disrobe, undress. See divestment, uselessness, disuse. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. take apart, disassemble, strip, break up, break down, take down, tear down, pull down,… …
19dismantle — dis·man·tle || dɪs mæntl v. disassemble, take apart; strip of furniture or equipment …
20dismantle — verb take to pieces. Derivatives dismantlement noun dismantler noun Origin C16 (in the sense destroy the defensive capability of a fortification ): from OFr. desmanteler, from des (expressing reversal) + manteler fortify …
