dismantle Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb tear down so as to make flat with the ground
    rase; level; take down; pull down; tear down; raze.
    • The building was levelled
  2. verb take apart into its constituent pieces
    take apart; break up; break apart; disassemble.
  3. verb take off or remove
    strip.
    • strip a wall of its wallpaper

WordNet

Dis*man"tle transitive verb
Etymology
F. démanteler, OF. desmanteler; pref: des- (L. dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. mantel, F. manteau, cloak. See Mantle.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Dismantled ; present participle & verbal noun Dismantling
Definitions
  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 demosh; raze. See Demolsh.

Webster 1913