dismantle
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪsˈmæntəl/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [dɪsˈmæntʰəɫ]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Cockney" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [dɪsˈmænʔəɫ]
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): [dɪsˈmæ̃nɾɫ̩], [dɪsˈmæ̃nɫ̩]
- Rhymes: -æntəl
Verb
Lua error in Module:en-headword at line 1143: Legacy parameter 1=STEM no longer supported, just use 'en-verb' without params
- (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
- (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
- (transitive) To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
- 2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly[1], volume 188, number 23, page 19:
- 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. […]
Derived terms
Translations
divest
remove fittings or furnishings
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take apart
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References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967