as in to disassemble
to take apart
dismantle the table for easier transport
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Recent Examples of dismantle
Critically, legislators inadvertently worsened the situation by deactivating accounts, thereby dismantling existing parental controls developed by Apple and Google.
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Having dismantled the guardrails that Harrington built to exclude communists, the group established new guardrails to exclude anybody opposed to Israel’s destruction.
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Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026
Following that disastrous go, Skenes looked like the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner over his next eight starts, dismantling the likes of the Padres and Brewers.
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Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
Hanson has long tried to dismantle the crown jewel of Howard’s legacy—yet after Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur, her rhetoric and Howard’s converged.
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Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2026
Having dismantled the guardrails that Harrington built to exclude communists, the group established new guardrails to exclude anybody opposed to Israel’s destruction.
—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2026
Following that disastrous go, Skenes looked like the reigning NL Cy Young Award winner over his next eight starts, dismantling the likes of the Padres and Brewers.
—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
30 June 2026
Hanson has long tried to dismantle the crown jewel of Howard’s legacy—yet after Australia’s worst mass shooting since Port Arthur, her rhetoric and Howard’s converged.
—
Oscar Schwartz,
New Yorker,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismantle
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Once completed in Spain, the new organ was disassembled and its parts were gradually transported to Prague on trucks.
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But by the time Villanova went to Broad Street to play Temple in 2017, the Wildcats had entirely disassembled the Big 5, turning it into their own personal playground.
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Trump made no mention of Roosevelt having detached the retina of his left eye during one such sparring session.
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Trump made no mention of Roosevelt having detached the retina of his left eye during one such sparring session.
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If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.
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Without considering objects, understanding history is incomplete, leaving people today disconnected from those who lived it.
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For several months, investigators alleged that Herrling kept the scheme going by moving Wilding's body to her apartment and dismembering it, although his remains were never found (investigators claimed it was disposed of in the San Francisco Bay).
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In 1772, barely four years before the United States declared independence, the European powers of Austria, Prussia and Russia, led respectively by Maria Theresa, Frederick II and Catherine the Great, used force and law to dismember the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Periodic epidemics struck colonial port cities in the late 1700s, NLM records show.
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The vehicle struck a second 2007 Honda Pilot, which spun and hit a 2004 Chevrolet Silverado, the crash report said.
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Suffering from a broken rib and sinus infection, Remco Evenepoel hands his bidon to a child on the roadside and dismounts his bike.
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Ukrainian drones monitor these areas for resupply movement by small trucks, ground robots, or dismounted troops.
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The revelation has divided Jefferson descendants for decades.
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The sale sees the property divided into three lots with two buildable, giving the opportunity to create a treasurable family compound in rural seclusion just a 30-minute drive from the island’s main towns.
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“Dismantle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismantle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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