Definitions for dismantle
dɪsˈmæn tldis·man·tle

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull downverb

   tear down so as to make flat with the ground

   "The building was levelled"

2. disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apartverb

   take apart into its constituent pieces

3. strip, dismantleverb

   take off or remove

   "strip a wall of its wallpaper"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. dismantleverb

   To divest, strip of dress or covering

2. dismantleverb

   To remove fittings or furnishings from

3. dismantleverb

   To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces

4. Etymology: From desmanteler, itself from des-, mantel + -er (verbal suffix).

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Dismantleverb

   Etymology: dis and mantle.

   1. To throw off a dress; to strip.

   He that makes his prince despised and undervalued, and beats him out of his subjects hearts, may easily strip him of his other garrisons, having already dispossessed him of his strongest, by dismantling him of his honour, and seising his reputation. Robert South, Sermons.

   2. To loose; to unfold; to throw open.

   This is most strange!
   That she, who ev’n but now was your best object,
   Dearest and best, should in this trice of time
   Commit a thing so monstrous, to dismantle
   So many folds of favour. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   3. To strip a town of its outworks.

   It is not sufficient to possess our own fort, without the dismantling and demolishing of our enemies. George Hakewill, on Provid.

   4. To break down any thing external.

   His eyeballs, rooted out, are thrown to ground;
   His nose dismantled, in his mouth is found;
   His jaws, cheeks, front, one undistinguish’d wound. Dry.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dismantleverb

   to strip or deprive of dress; to divest

2. Dismantleverb

   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

3. Dismantleverb

   to disable; to render useless

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dismantle

   dis-man′tl, v.t. to strip: to deprive of furniture, fittings, &c., so as to render useless: of a fortified town, to raze the fortifications. [O. Fr. desmanteller—des—L. dis, away, manteler, mantel, a mantle.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dismantle

   To render fortifications incapable of defense, or cannon unserviceable.

Matched Categories

1. • Destroy
   • Remove

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of dismantle in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of dismantle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dismantle in a Sentence

1. Roger Williams:

   I want this president to succeed and I think America does too, and I'm going to do everything I can to help him, this is big moment in the history of our country to dismantle this horrible Obamacare.

2. John KASICH:

   My great concern is that we are on the verge of perhaps picking someone who cannot do this job. I've watched to see people say that we should dismantle Medicare and Medicaid and leave our senior citizens out, out in the cold. I've heard them talk about deporting 10 or 11 (million) people here from this country out of this country, splitting families. I've heard about tax schemes that don't add up that put our kids in a deeper hole than they are today.

3. New York:

   Anti-choice extremists have shown that they are not stopping at overturning Roe, and they are working to entirely dismantle our country’s reproductive health care system, including medication abortion and contraception, new York will always be a safe harbor for abortion care, and I am taking action to protect abortion access in our State and continue to lead the nation in defending the right to reproductive autonomy.

4. Xavier Becerra:

   COVID-19 has made one thing undeniable : We must safeguard the Affordable Care Act — lives depend on it, as if on cue, the Trump Administration cavalierly continues its march to dismantle the ACA and strip Americans of their health care. We will do everything we can to defeat this unprecedented assault on a critical federal law by a sitting president.

5. Ricardo Lara:

   There's no doubt that Trump's election and what Republicans are doing to dismantle health care has really given us an opportunity to have an honest dialogue about how we get to health for all, i don't think we would have had the same opportunity if Clinton would have won. Then again, we also wouldn't be in a place where we're going to lose billions of (Medicaid) dollars for California.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=dismantle
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dismantle
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=dismantle
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dismantle
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=dismantle
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html