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dis·man·tle    Audio Help   [dis-man-tl] Pronunciation Key
–verb (used with object), -tled, -tling.
1.to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
2.to disassemble or pull down; take apart: They dismantled the machine and shipped it in pieces.
3.to divest of dress, covering, etc.: The wind dismantled the trees of their leaves.
[Origin: 1570–80; < MF desmanteler. See dis-1, mantle]

—Related forms
dis·man·tle·ment, noun
dis·man·tler, noun
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dis·man·tle    Audio Help   (dĭs-mān'tl)  Pronunciation Key 
tr.v.   dis·man·tled, dis·man·tling, dis·man·tles
    1. To take apart; disassemble; tear down.
    2. To put an end to in a gradual systematic way: dismantling the cumbersome regulations for interstate trucking.
  2. To strip of furnishings or equipment: dismantled the house before knocking it down.
  3. To strip of covering or clothing.


[Obsolete French desmanteler, to raze fortifications round a town, from Old French : des-, dis- + (em)manteler, to cover with a coat, shelter (ultimately from mantel, cloak; see mantle).]

dis·man'tle·ment n.
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dismantle 
1579, from M.Fr. desmanteler "to tear down the walls of a fortress," lit. "strip of a cloak," from des- "off, away" + manteler "to cloak" (see mantle).

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dismantle

verb
1. tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: level] [ant: erect] 
2. take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: disassemble] [ant: assemble] 
3. take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: strip] 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
dismantle [disˈmӕntl] verb
to pull down or take to pieces
Example: The wardrobe was so large we had to dismantle it to get it down the stairs.
Arabic: يُفَكِّك
Chinese (Simplified): 拆除
Chinese (Traditional): 拆除
Czech: rozebrat
Danish: skille ad; demontere
Dutch: ontmantelen, afbreken
Estonian: lahti võtma
Finnish: purkaa
French: démonter
German: zerlegen, niederreißen
Greek: αποσυναρμολογώ, διαλύω
Hungarian: lebont
Icelandic: taka í sundur
Indonesian: membongkar
Italian: smontare, smantellare
Japanese: 取りこわす
Korean: 부수다, 분해하다
Latvian: izārdīt; izjaukt; demontēt
Lithuanian: išardyti, išmontuoti
Norwegian: rive ned, ta fra hverandre
Polish: rozebrać, rozmontować
Portuguese (Brazil): desmontar, desmantelar
Portuguese (Portugal): desmanchar
Romanian: a de­monta
Russian: разбирать
Slovak: rozobrať
Slovenian: razdreti, demontirati
Spanish: desmontar, desarmar
Swedish: demontera, ta isär
Turkish: sökmek
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd.

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