'Dismantling' definitions:

Definition of 'dismantling'

(from WordNet)
noun
The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery); "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons" [syn: dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly] [ant: assemblage, assembly, fabrication, gathering]

Definition of 'Dismantling'

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]