0 past simple and past participle of dismantle
1 to take a machine apart or to come apart into separate pieces:
She dismantled the washing machine to see what the problem was, but couldn't put it back together again.
The good thing about the bike is that it dismantles if you want to put it in the back of the car.
Over the next three years, we will be gradually dismantling the company and selling off the profitable units.
Unions accuse the government of dismantling the National Health Service.
If you disagree, then dismantle the argument with some sort of well-argued counter-proposition.
You need to sharpen your abilities to dismantle his excuses.
Thus, it does not appear that over time, social democratic labor market institutions have significantly been dismantled.
These changes have serious repercussions on the extension system, which has been totally dismantled in some countries.
The long-standing "functional" arrangement of people and machines on the factory floor was to be dismantled.
These presidents dismantled the elements of the rule of law that had been constructed during the divided government of their predecessors.
The reform also dismantled the counties and created new and larger regions.
Unfortunately, in 1826 it partially collapsed during construction and was dismantled.
The original context of this interment was probably lost at the time the foundations were dismantled.
Some forms of weaving establishment appear to have been impermanent entities, which were in effect dismantled and then reassembled as market conditions dictated.
