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/dɪsmˈæntəl/ /dɪsmˈænəl/ Listen

verb

Dismantle v. t. (past & past part. dismantled; pres. part. dismantling)

To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

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."

To disable; to render useless.

Synonyms: To demolish; raze. See Demolish.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Dismantle" Quotes from Famous Books

... that had taken place in their home after the passing of their father and mother, Eileen had dominated the situation and done as she pleased, with the exception of two instances. Linda had shown both temper and determination at the proposal to dismantle the library and dispose of the cars. She had told Eileen that she might take the touring car and do as she pleased with it. For her share she wanted her father's roadster, and she meant to have it. She took the same firm stand concerning the Library. With the rest of the house Eileen ...

— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

... It was the improvisation of the ebullition. Hold! take this door! this grating! this penthouse! this chimney-piece! this broken brazier! this cracked pot! Give all! cast away all! Push this roll, dig, dismantle, overturn, ruin everything! It was the collaboration of the pavement, the block of stone, the beam, the bar of iron, the rag, the scrap, the broken pane, the unseated chair, the cabbage-stalk, the tatter, the rag, ...

— Les Miserables - Complete in Five Volumes • Victor Hugo

... systematic manner under the command of Doyle, the survivors of the crew being compelled to assist in the task. The cargo, which consisted mainly of bales of cotton, was got on shore in something less than a week; then the islanders began to dismantle the ill-fated ship. By the eighth day all the sails except the fore and main topsails were unbent ...

— The Adventure Of Elizabeth Morey, of New York - 1901 • Louis Becke

... she said, bearing upon the last word with triumphant accent, as she continued to dismantle ...

— Red Axe • Samuel Rutherford Crockett

... battery subalterns found a deserted carpenter's shop and he let his men loose to dismantle it. They took the parts of steel machines and used them for the construction of a dugout. One man said, "It's like coming home drunk and smashing up the grand piano with an axe." They must have attracted the attention of the ever-alert Boche, for no ...

— "Crumps", The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went • Louis Keene

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