dismantle

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /dɪsˈmæntəl/ UK /dɪsˈmæntəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to take apart or pull down piece by piece

Workers began to dismantle the scaffolding once the facade was finished.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to take apart or pull down... disassemble demolish strip dismount razetake apartwreck

Opposites

assemble build construct erect mount

Word family

Derived forms dismantlementdismantlingdismantler

Related forms mantle

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Proverbs (1)

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The master's tools cannot dismantle the master's house

Etymology

From Old French desmanteler ('to strip of a cloak, raze a fortress'), from des- ('away') + manteler ('to cloak'), from mantel ('cloak'), from Latin mantellum ('cloak').

desmanteler Old French mantellum Latin

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# dismantle

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /dɪsˈmæntəl/
**IPA (UK):** /dɪsˈmæntəl/

## Meanings
1. to take apart or pull down piece by piece

## Examples
- Workers began to dismantle the scaffolding once the facade was finished.

## Synonyms
- disassemble
- demolish
- strip
- dismount
- raze
- take apart
- wreck

## Antonyms
- assemble
- build
- construct
- erect
- mount

## Derived Forms
- dismantlement
- dismantling
- dismantler

## Related Forms
- mantle

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: desmanteler
- Root: mantellum

## Etymology
From Old French desmanteler ('to strip of a cloak, raze a fortress'), from des- ('away') + manteler ('to cloak'), from mantel ('cloak'), from Latin mantellum ('cloak').

## AI Etymology
Dismantle is from Old French desmanteler ('to strip of a cloak, raze a fortress'), from des- ('away') + manteler ('to cloak'), from mantel ('cloak'), from Latin mantellum ('cloak'). Important recorded forms include desmanteler (Old French) and mantellum (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers to take apart or pull down piece by piece. The wider family includes derived forms such as dismantlement, dismantling, and dismantler and related words such as mantle.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes

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