DISMANTLE

[verb] - to take (a machine) apart or to come apart into separate pieces, or (figurative) to get rid of (a system or organization) usually over a period of timeShe dismantled the washing machine to see what the problem was but couldn't put it back together again. [T]The good thing about the bike is that it dismantles if you want to put it in the back of the car. [I](figurative) Bit by bit the government have dismantled the old education system. [T](figurative) At last apartheid is being dismantled. [T]