What does Dismantle mean?

Definitions for Dismantle
dɪsˈmæn tldis·man·tle

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Dismantle.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull downverb

    tear down so as to make flat with the ground

    "The building was levelled"

  2. disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apartverb

    take apart into its constituent pieces

  3. strip, dismantleverb

    take off or remove

    "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

Wiktionary

  1. dismantleverb

    To divest, strip of dress or covering

  2. dismantleverb

    To remove fittings or furnishings from

  3. dismantleverb

    To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces

  4. Etymology: From desmanteler, itself from des-, mantel + -er (verbal suffix).

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Dismantleverb

    Etymology: dis and mantle.

    He that makes his prince despised and undervalued, and beats him out of his subjects hearts, may easily strip him of his other garrisons, having already dispossessed him of his strongest, by dismantling him of his honour, and seising his reputation. Robert South, Sermons.

    This is most strange!
    That she, who ev’n but now was your best object,
    Dearest and best, should in this trice of time
    Commit a thing so monstrous, to dismantle
    So many folds of favour. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

    It is not sufficient to possess our own fort, without the dismantling and demolishing of our enemies. George Hakewill, on Provid.

    His eyeballs, rooted out, are thrown to ground;
    His nose dismantled, in his mouth is found;
    His jaws, cheeks, front, one undistinguish’d wound. Dry.

ChatGPT

  1. dismantle

    Dismantle means to take apart, disassemble or break down into separate pieces, often in a careful and systematic manner. This could be a structure, system or an organization. It can also refer to the act of ending or terminating something gradually over a period of time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dismantleverb

    to strip or deprive of dress; to divest

  2. Dismantleverb

    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

  3. Dismantleverb

    to disable; to render useless

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dismantle

    dis-man′tl, v.t. to strip: to deprive of furniture, fittings, &c., so as to render useless: of a fortified town, to raze the fortifications. [O. Fr. desmantellerdes—L. dis, away, manteler, mantel, a mantle.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. dismantle

    To render fortifications incapable of defense, or cannon unserviceable.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dismantle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Dismantle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Dismantle in a Sentence

  1. Ben Cardin:

    So what I want to see, I want to see is the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, make a full declaration of his nuclear weapons program and make a real commitment to start to dismantle that, we haven't seen any of that during the Trump administration.

  2. Petro Andruishchenko:

    According to preliminary data, more than a thousand people were hiding there, the probability of getting there to dismantle the rubble is low due to constant shelling and bombing of the city.

  3. President Clinton:

    This is a good deal for the United States, north Korea will freeze and then dismantle its nuclear program. South Korea and our other allies will be better protected. The entire world will be safer as we slow the spread of nuclear weapons. The United States and international inspectors will carefully monitor North Korea to make sure it keeps its commitments. ...Only as it does, so will North Korea fully join the community of nations.

  4. Izabella Teixeira:

    Nobody imagined he would dismantle Brazil's command and control mechanisms for protecting the environment so fast and effectively.

  5. Jeremy Stoppelman:

    This ruling puts women's health in jeopardy, denies them their human rights, and threatens to dismantle the progress we've made toward gender equality in the workplaces since Roe, business leaders must step up to support the health and safety of their employees by speaking out against the wave of abortion bans that will be triggered as a result of this decision, and call on Congress to codify Roe into law.

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Translations for Dismantle

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  • تفكيكArabic
  • разоборудвам, оголвам, разглобявам, събличамBulgarian
  • auseinander nehmen, abwracken, demontierenGerman
  • απογυμνώGreek
  • desmantelarSpanish
  • purkaa, riisua, hajottaaFinnish
  • démanteler, démonterFrench
  • לפרקHebrew
  • szétszedHungarian
  • smontareItalian
  • 脱ぐ, 分解Japanese
  • afbreken, ontmantelen, demonteren, uitkledenDutch
  • demontereNorwegian
  • rozłożyć, rozmontować, rozkładać, rozebrać, rozbieraćPolish
  • desmanchar, desfazer, desmantelar, desmontar, destruirPortuguese
  • раздеть, разбирать, разобрать, раздевать, демонтироватьRussian
  • avkläda, avveckla, ta av, ta isär, demontera, klä av, nedmontera, isärtaga, avkragaSwedish

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