Akademik
dismantle
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
)
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