What does dismantle mean?
Definitions for dismantle
dɪsˈmæn tldis·man·tle
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dismantle.
Princeton's WordNet
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull downverb
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
"The building was levelled"
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apartverb
take apart into its constituent pieces
strip, dismantleverb
take off or remove
"strip a wall of its wallpaper"
Wiktionary
dismantleverb
To divest, strip of dress or covering
dismantleverb
To remove fittings or furnishings from
dismantleverb
To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces
Etymology: From desmanteler, itself from des-, mantel + -er (verbal suffix).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Dismantleverb
Etymology: dis and mantle.
He that makes his prince despised and undervalued, and beats him out of his subjects hearts, may easily strip him of his other garrisons, having already dispossessed him of his strongest, by dismantling him of his honour, and seising his reputation. Robert South, Sermons.
This is most strange!
That she, who ev’n but now was your best object,
Dearest and best, should in this trice of time
Commit a thing so monstrous, to dismantle
So many folds of favour. William Shakespeare, King Lear.It is not sufficient to possess our own fort, without the dismantling and demolishing of our enemies. George Hakewill, on Provid.
His eyeballs, rooted out, are thrown to ground;
His nose dismantled, in his mouth is found;
His jaws, cheeks, front, one undistinguish’d wound. Dry.
ChatGPT
dismantle
Dismantle means to take apart, disassemble or break down into separate pieces, often in a careful and systematic manner. This could be a structure, system or an organization. It can also refer to the act of ending or terminating something gradually over a period of time.
Webster Dictionary
Dismantleverb
to strip or deprive of dress; to divest
Dismantleverb
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
Dismantleverb
to disable; to render useless
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dismantle
dis-man′tl, v.t. to strip: to deprive of furniture, fittings, &c., so as to render useless: of a fortified town, to raze the fortifications. [O. Fr. desmanteller—des—L. dis, away, manteler, mantel, a mantle.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
dismantle
To render fortifications incapable of defense, or cannon unserviceable.
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Anagrams for dismantle »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dismantle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dismantle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of dismantle in a Sentence
We need to completely dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department. Because here’s the thing, there’s a cancer.
Everybody believes that at $70 a barrel companies are going to need 80-90 percent of their technical community to still be intact, they don't want to do anything to dismantle the system.
We hope that (Obama) continues to use his executive authority to dismantle this policy.
Anti-choice extremists have shown that they are not stopping at overturning Roe, and they are working to entirely dismantle our country’s reproductive health care system, including medication abortion and contraception, new York will always be a safe harbor for abortion care, and I am taking action to protect abortion access in our State and continue to lead the nation in defending the right to reproductive autonomy.
We Christians are called to cooperate with everyone, to break the cycle of violence, to dismantle the machinations of hatred.
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- تفكيكArabic
- разоборудвам, оголвам, разглобявам, събличамBulgarian
- auseinander nehmen, abwracken, demontierenGerman
- απογυμνώGreek
- desmantelarSpanish
- purkaa, riisua, hajottaaFinnish
- démanteler, démonterFrench
- לפרקHebrew
- szétszedHungarian
- smontareItalian
- 脱ぐ, 分解Japanese
- afbreken, ontmantelen, demonteren, uitkledenDutch
- demontereNorwegian
- rozłożyć, rozmontować, rozkładać, rozebrać, rozbieraćPolish
- desmanchar, desfazer, desmantelar, desmontar, destruirPortuguese
- раздеть, разбирать, разобрать, раздевать, демонтироватьRussian
- avkläda, avveckla, ta av, ta isär, demontera, klä av, nedmontera, isärtaga, avkragaSwedish
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