dismantle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dismantle	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dismantle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dismantle v tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled" Synonym(s): level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down Antonym(s): erect, put up, raise, rear, set up take apart into its constituent pieces Synonym(s): disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart Antonym(s): assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper" Synonym(s): strip, dismantle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dismantle \Disman"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dismantled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dismantling}.] [F. d[82]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}.