DISMANTLE


Meaning of DISMANTLE in English

(~s, dismantling, ~d)

1.

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

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

VERB: V n

2.

To ~ 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 ~d.

VERB: V n

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