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dismantler

[dis-man-tl] Origin

dis·man·tle

[dis-man-tl]
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; < Middle French desmanteler. See dis-1, mantle

dis·man·tle·ment, noun
dis·man·tler, noun
un·dis·man·tled, adjective
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dismantle (dɪsˈmæntəl)
 
vb
1.  to take apart
2.  to demolish or raze
3.  to strip of covering
 
[C17: from Old French desmanteler to remove a cloak from; see mantle]
 
dis'mantlement
 
n
 
dis'mantler
 
n

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dismantle
1570s, 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). Related: Dismantled; dismantling.
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