2 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 3. To disable; to render useless. --Comber. Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See {Demol?sh}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: dismantling n : the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery); "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons" [syn: {dismantlement}, {disassembly}] [ant: {assembly}, {fabrication}]
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