dismantle
[verb]
Synonyms: take apart, demolish, disassemble, strip, take to pieces

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Contrasted words: appoint, equip, outfit

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dis‧man‧tle /dɪsˈmæntl/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Old French; Origin: desmanteler, from mantel 'cloak']

1. to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces:
Chris dismantled the bike in five minutes.

2. to gradually get rid of a system or organization:
an election promise to dismantle the existing tax legislation

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲