DISMANTLE


Meaning of DISMANTLE in English

v.tr.

1. take to pieces; pull down.

2 deprive of defences or equipment.

3 (often foll. by of) strip of covering or protection.

Derivatives:

dismantlement n. dismantler n.

Etymology: OF desmanteler (as DIS-, MANTLE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.