dismantle
pronunciation
How to pronounce dismantle in British English:
UK [dɪsˈmæntl]
How to pronounce dismantle in American English:
US [dɪsˈmæntl]
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- Verb:
- tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- take apart into its constituent pieces
- take off or remove
Word Origin
- dismantle (v.)
- 1570s, from Middle French desmanteler "to tear down the walls of a fortress," literally "strip of a cloak," from des- "off, away" (see dis-) + manteler "to cloak" (see mantle). Related: Dismantled; dismantling.
Synonym
Example
- 1. A necessity for peace is for israel to dismantle settlements in the west bank .
- 2. The colombian government has a robust program to destroy the coca plants and dismantle processing labs .
- 3. So if you are going to dismantle settlements soon , you 'd stop building more now , right ?
- 4. Then huge , remote-controlled cranes inside will dismantle the object shelter and begin retrieving the hazardous materials inside .
- 5. That grouping , apart from issuing meaningless pledges opposing protectionism , has shown almost no desire to dismantle impediments to international commerce .