DISMANTLE


Meaning of DISMANTLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ dɪsmænt(ə)l ]

( dismantles, dismantling, dismantled)

1.

If you dismantle a machine or structure, you carefully separate it into its different parts.

He asked for immediate help from the United States to dismantle the warheads.

VERB : V n

2.

To dismantle an organization or system means to cause it to stop functioning by gradually reducing its power or purpose.

Public services of all kinds are being dismantled.

VERB : V n

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