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Definition of Dismantle

Dismantle

  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.
  3. To disable; to render useless.

Dismantle Quotations

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.
Audre Lorde

Here's what I've learned about raising boys... if you keep 'em busy, they're fine. You let 'em get bored, they'll dismantle your house board by board.
Kenny Rogers

It's time we learned the truth about stress. It's time we identified the thoughts that actually create our stress and learned to dismantle them one by one.
Andrew Bernstein

Iraq made commitments after the Gulf War to completely dismantle all weapons of mass destruction, and unfortunately, Iraq has not lived up to its agreement.
Barbara Boxer

Those who say we should dismantle the role of Poet Laureate altogether, the trick they miss is that being called this thing, with the weight of tradition behind it, and with the association of the Royal family, does allow you to have conversations and to open doors, and wallets, for the good of poetry in a way that nothing else would allow.
Andrew Motion
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Dismantle Translations

dismantle in German is abbauen, demontieren
dismantle in Italian is smontare
dismantle in Norwegian is demontere
dismantle in Spanish is desmantelar, desmontar

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