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dismantle

English

Etymology

From Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d?s?mænt?l/
  • (UK) IPA(key): [d?s?mænt???]
  • (Cockney) IPA(key): [d?s?mæn???]
  • (US) IPA(key): [d?s?mæ?n???], [d?s?mæ?n??]
  • Rhymes: -ænt?l

Verb

dismantle (third-person singular simple present dismantles, present participle dismantling, simple past and past participle dismantled)

  1. (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  2. (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  3. (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.

Derived terms

  • dismantlable
  • dismantlement
  • dismantler

Translations

References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

  • dentalism

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unbuild

English

Etymology

un- +? build

Verb

unbuild (third-person singular simple present unbuilds, present participle unbuilding, simple past and past participle unbuilt)

  1. (transitive) To dismantle or deconstruct (something previously built).
    • 2003, Barbara Damrosch, The Garden Primer (page 5)
      Anything you build or plant on your neighbor's land you might have to unbuild or unplant in the future.

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