0 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.
1 to take a machine or something complicated apart, usually to make it unable to work: --
We can complete it step by step however long the road is and it can't be completed however short the road is if you don't even mark your footprint.
Vi kan slutföra det steg för steg hur lång vägen än är och den kan inte slutföras hur kort vägen än är om du inte ens markerar ditt fotavtryck.