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Word: Dismantle
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘destroy the defensive capability of a fortification’): from Old French desmanteler, from des- (expressing reversal) + manteler ‘fortify’ (from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
dɪsˈmant(ə)l
Dialects: British English
Definition:
take (a machine or structure) to pieces
Short Definition:take machine or structure to pieces
Examples:- the engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap
- the old regime was dismantled
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