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dismantle - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'dismantle' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dismantle [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To disable; to render useless.

Meaning of 'dismantle' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dismantle [ v]
Meaning (1):
- take off or remove
Example in sentence:
  • strip a wall of its wallpaper
Meaning (2):
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Example in sentence:
  • The building was levelled

Nearby Words:

dis dis- disabilities disability disable disabled disablement disabling disabuse disabused

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