dismantle

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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

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  1. (transitive, originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  2. (transitive) To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  3. (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. […]

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

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