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dis⋅man⋅tle

  [dis-man-tl]
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–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   (dĭs-mān'tl)   
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

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.

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.

A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. --Macaulay.

3. To disable; to render useless. --Comber.

Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See Demol?sh.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : dismantle
Spanish: desmontar, desarmar,
German: zerlegen, niederreißen,
Japanese: 取りこわす
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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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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