Dismantle

Definition of Dismantle

Dis`man´tle
v. t.1.To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
[imp. & p. p. Dismantled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling .]
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.

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