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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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