Etymology: (1570–80; < MF desmanteler. See dis -1, mantle)
Definition of 'dismantle'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down teardown so as to makeflat with the ground "The building was levelled"
2. (verb)disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart take apart into its constituent pieces
3. (verb)strip, dismantle take off or remove "strip a wall of its wallpaper"
Definition of 'dismantle'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)dismantle to strip or deprive of dress; to divest
2. (verb)dismantle 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
Definitions of dismantle 
Afrikaans: uitmekaar haal, afbreek
Arabic: يُفَكِّك
Bulgarian: оголвам
Brazilian: desmanchar
Czech: rozebrat
German: zerlegen, niederreißen
Danish: skille ad; demontere
Greek: αποσυναρμολογώ, διαλύω
Spanish: desmontar, desarmar
Estonian: lahti võtma
Farsi: از هم باز کردن؛ اوراق کرد
Finnish: purkaa
French: démonter
Hebrew: לְפָרֵק
Hindi: विघटित करना
Croatian: ogoliti, lišiti
Hungarian: lebont
Indonesian: membongkar
Icelandic: takaí sundur
Italian: smontare, smantellare
Japanese: 取りこわす
Korean: 해체하다
Lithuanian: išardyti, išmontuoti
Latvian: izārdīt; izjaukt; demontē
Malay: membongkar
Dutch: ontmantelen, afbreken
Norwegian: rive ned, ta fra hverandr
Polish: rozebrać, rozmontować
Persian: از هم باز کردن؛ اوراق کرد
Pashto: لغړول، لوځول، بې اسبابه ك
Portuguese: desmanchar
Romanian: a demonta
Russian: разбирать
Slovak: rozobrať
Slovenian: razdreti, demontirati
Serbian: rastaviti
Swedish: demontera, ta isär
Thai: รื้อ
Turkish: sökmek
Taiwanese: 拆除
Ukrainian: розбирати, демонтувати
Urdu: توڑنا ، ڈھانا
Vietnamese: tháo dỡ
Chinese: 拆除
