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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to
              keep out the rain.                    --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To disable; to render useless. --Comber.
  
     Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See Demol?sh.
          [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  dismantling
       n : the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery);
           "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling
           of their nuclear weapons" [syn: dismantlement, disassembly]
           [ant: assembly, fabrication]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dismantling
     n.
     The act by which something is dismantled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dismantle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  dismantling
     n.
     The act by which something is dismantled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dismantle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  dismantling
     n.
     The act by which something is dismantled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dismantle nocat=1)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  dismantling
     n.
     The act by which something is dismantled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en dismantle nocat=1)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dismantling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm d ismantl ing e)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  dismantling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en dismantle ordform=prespart)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Dismantling /dɪsmˈantəlɪŋ/
  التفكيك

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  dismantling /dɪsmˈantəlɪŋ/
  demontáž

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  dismantling /dɪsmˈantəlɪŋ/ 
  rozebírání