dismantle

[US]/dɪsˈmæntl/
[UK]/dɪsˈmæntl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. take apart, disassemble; abolish, cancel

Example Sentences

it will take an electronics expert to dismantle it.

This toy machine gun dismantles easily.

dismantled the house before knocking it down.

The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled.

the engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap.

Here, two leafcutter ants dismantle a leaf in Peru's Manu National Forest.

"I think there's been some misunderstanding; I meant that we should look up the technical literature concerned first, not dismantle the machine now."

Real-world Examples

This exercise is about dismantling the camp.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

She was giving a speech about dismantling the patriarchy.

Source: Deadly Women

The boy looked on curiously as his father dismantled the car.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Up until now, we had heard that North Korea was dismantling this.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2019 Collection

In fact, Iran has already dismantled thousands of centrifuges that enrich uranium.

Source: VOA Standard December 2015 Collection

Are they protesting against a plan to dismantle their controversial unit?

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

Mandela helped lead the country to reconciliation as he dismantled white minority rule.

Source: NPR News December 2013 Compilation

But they dismantled services with no future plan.

Source: Time

Eastern European countries employed it later to dismantle command economies.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

That's right — after the World Cup ends, the entire structure is planned to be dismantled.

Source: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

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