'Dismantle' definitions:

Definition of 'dismantle'

From: WordNet
verb
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down] [ant: erect, put up, raise, rear, set up]
verb
Take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart] [ant: assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together]
verb
Take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: strip, dismantle]

Definition of 'Dismantle'

From: GCIDE
  • Dismantle \Dis*man"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling.] [F. d['e]manteler, 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To disable; to render useless. --Comber.
  • Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See {Demol?sh}. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'dismantle'

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