DISMANTLE


Meaning of DISMANTLE in English

■ verb take to pieces.

Derivatives

~ment noun

~r noun

Origin

C16 (in the sense 'destroy the defensive capability of a fortification'): from OFr. desmanteler , from des- (expressing reversal) + manteler 'fortify'.

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