单词 | dismantle |
释义 | dismantle/dɪsˈmant(ə)l![]() verb [with object] Take (a machine or structure) to pieces: the engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap figurative the old regime was dismantled...
Synonyms take apart, take to pieces, take to bits, pull apart, pull to pieces, deconstruct, disassemble, break up, strip (down); knock down, pull down, tear down, demolish, fell, destroy, flatten, level, raze (to the ground), bulldoze rare unbuild Derivativesdismantlement![]()
dismantler
OriginLate 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'). |
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