"dismantle" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /dɪsˈmæntəl/, [dɪsˈmæntʰəɫ] [UK], [dɪsˈmænʔəɫ] [Cockney], [dɪsˈmæ̃nɾɫ̩] [US], [dɪsˈmæ̃nɫ̩] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dismantle.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dismantles [present, singular, third-person], dismantling [participle, present], dismantled [participle, past], dismantled [past]
Rhymes: -æntəl Etymology: From Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|desmanteler}} Middle French desmanteler, {{m|frm|des-||dis-}} des- (“dis-”), {{m|frm|mantel||coat}} mantel (“coat”), {{m|frm|-er}} -er Head templates: {{en-verb}} dismantle (third-person singular simple present dismantles, present participle dismantling, simple past and past participle dismantled)
  1. (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering. Tags: transitive Translations (divest): събличам (sǎbličam) (Bulgarian), uitkleden (Dutch), riisua (Finnish), entmanteln (english: cable) (German), entblättern [humorous] (German), nudigar (Ido), 脱がせる (nugaseru) (alt: ぬがせる) (Japanese), раздева́ть (razdevátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разде́ть (razdétʹ) [perfective] (Russian), avkläda (Swedish), avkraga (Swedish), klä av (Swedish), ta av (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dismantle-en-verb-OB-REZ2e Disambiguation of 'divest': 83 6 8 3
  2. (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from. Tags: transitive Translations (remove fittings or furnishings): оголвам (ogolvam) (Bulgarian), разоборудвам (razoborudvam) (Bulgarian), riisua (Finnish), abwracken (German), ausschlachten [colloquial] (German), απογυμνώνω (apogymnóno) (Greek), разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ть (razobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), nedmontera (Swedish), demontera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-dismantle-en-verb-6HQ7KN-I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 41 15 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 30 34 28 Disambiguation of 'remove fittings or furnishings': 4 85 6 4
  3. (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces. Tags: transitive Translations (take apart): քանդել (kʻandel) (Armenian), ապամոնտաժել (apamontažel) (Armenian), разглобявам (razglobjavam) (Bulgarian), desmuntar (Catalan), (caak³) (Chinese Cantonese), 拆卸 (chāixiè) (Chinese Mandarin), 拆開 (Chinese Mandarin), 拆开 (chāikāi) (Chinese Mandarin), 拆下 (chāixià) (Chinese Mandarin), afbreken (Dutch), demonteren (Dutch), ontmantelen (Dutch), purkaa osiin (Finnish), purkaa (Finnish), hajottaa (Finnish), démonter (French), démanteler (French), demontieren (German), auseinander nehmen (German), αποσυναρμολογώ (aposynarmologó) (Greek), ξεμοντάρω (xemontáro) (Greek), לפרק (lefareq) (Hebrew), szétszed (Hungarian), hajottaa (Ingrian), smontare (Italian), 分解する (bunkai suru) (alt: ぶんかいする) (Japanese), whakahoro (Maori), demontere (Norwegian Bokmål), demontere (Norwegian Nynorsk), rozłożyć [perfective] (Polish), rozkładać [imperfective] (Polish), rozebrać [perfective] (Polish), rozbierać [imperfective] (Polish), rozmontować [perfective] (Polish), desmontar (Portuguese), desmantelar (Portuguese), desfazer (Portuguese), desmanchar (Portuguese), kumekume (Rapa Nui), разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ть (razobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), демонти́ровать (demontírovatʹ) [imperfective, perfective] (Russian), desmontar (Spanish), desensamblar (Spanish), avveckla (Swedish), isärtaga (Swedish), ta isär (Swedish), demontera (Swedish), nedmontera (Swedish), khàla (ǃXóõ)
    Sense id: en-dismantle-en-verb-O~DCH95D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 41 15 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 30 34 28 Disambiguation of 'take apart': 2 3 93 2
  4. (transitive) To disprove a discourse, claim or argument. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-dismantle-en-verb-1jkufZrl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 41 15 38 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 8 30 34 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dismantlable, dismantlement, dismantler, use the master's tools to dismantle the master's house

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering."
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "nugaseru",
          "sense": "divest",
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          "sense": "remove fittings or furnishings",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "remove fittings or furnishings",
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          "word": "ausschlachten"
        },
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          "_dis1": "4 85 6 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apogymnóno",
          "sense": "remove fittings or furnishings",
          "word": "απογυμνώνω"
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          "sense": "remove fittings or furnishings",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "remove fittings or furnishings",
          "word": "nedmontera"
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          "sense": "remove fittings or furnishings",
          "word": "demontera"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19",
          "text": "In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled. Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax.",
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        "(transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces."
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          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "kʻandel",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "քանդել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "apamontažel",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "ապամոնտաժել"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razglobjavam",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "разглобявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "desmuntar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "caak³",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "拆"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāixiè",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "拆卸"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "拆開"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāikāi",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "拆开"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "chāixià",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "拆下"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "afbreken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "demonteren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "ontmantelen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "purkaa osiin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "purkaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "hajottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "démonter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "démanteler"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "demontieren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "auseinander nehmen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aposynarmologó",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "αποσυναρμολογώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "xemontáro",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "ξεμοντάρω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "lefareq",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "לפרק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "szétszed"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "hajottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "smontare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "alt": "ぶんかいする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bunkai suru",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "分解する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "whakahoro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "demontere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "demontere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozłożyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozkładać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozebrać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozbierać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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          "word": "rozmontować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "desmontar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "desmantelar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "desfazer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "desmanchar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "rap",
          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "word": "kumekume"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razbirátʹ",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "разбира́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razobrátʹ",
          "sense": "take apart",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "разобра́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 3 93 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "demontírovatʹ",
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      "word": "riisua"
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      "word": "ausschlachten"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "拆"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "拆开"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "分解する"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "ta isär"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "nmn",
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  "word": "dismantle"
}

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