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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain. --Macaulay. 3. To disable; to render useless. --Comber. Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See {Demol?sh}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dismantle v 1: tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" [syn: {level}, {raze}, {rase}, {tear down}, {take down}, {pull down}] [ant: {raise}] 2: take apart into its constituent pieces [syn: {disassemble}, {take apart}, {break up}, {break apart}] [ant: {assemble}] 3: take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" [syn: {strip}]
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