DISMANTLE Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

dismantle

verb

(ˌ)dis-ˈman-tᵊl

Definition of dismantle

as in to disassemble

to take apart dismantle the table for easier transport

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Recent Examples of dismantle The resulting shorter-chain compounds can undergo additional defluorination, progressively dismantling the original PFAS molecules. — Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026 For decades, the novelist Tom McCarthy has dismantled the tropes of realist fiction. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026 Recently, the investigation has taken up the 400 block of West Chew Avenue as police dismantle the home. — Joe Holden, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026 Ramirez, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee and a frequent ICE critic, has repeatedly called to abolish ICE and dismantle DHS in the past. — Ford McCracken, The Hill, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for dismantle

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Engineers rely on expensive metal molds or complex tools that must be disassembled before removal.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
For traveling carnivals, rides are repeatedly disassembled, transported, and reassembled at different locations.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of disassemble

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Plus, the magnetic back plate detaches, letting gamers prop the controller and play wirelessly, like a Nintendo Switch.

— Jessica Sager, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Shortly after the Chinese aerospace company LandSpace launched a rocket in northwestern China, its booster—the part needed to thrust the rocket into orbit—successfully detached and landed back on earth.

— Kathleen Curlee, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026

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The Clean Energy Choice Act, introduced by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park), requires utilities to offer homeowners a financial incentive to disconnect from gas and electrify the home when gas service line repairs are scheduled.

— Molly McCrea, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
The team also demonstrated that the sheet could reconstruct its overall shape even after some fibers were cut or disconnected.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of disconnect

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Between March 31 and April 1, 2024, Foy killed and dismembered Dale and was in the process of disposing of her body when law enforcement intervened, according to the district attorney's office.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
The crisis reached a peak in late 2018, when Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi American columnist for the Washington Post, was killed and dismembered by a hit squad inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismember

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Buck has long since dismounted from his high horse, but people who live in glass houses that are also occupied by Mike Darnell should probably be a bit more judicious when hucking rocks.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Governing bodies in neighboring San Ramon, San Anselmo in Marin County, and Burlingame in San Mateo County have adopted similar policies requiring people to dismount e-bikes when traveling through public parks.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismount

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In the case of Yemen, the ground fighters inside the country who are taking on the Houthis are deeply divided and fought each other as recently as January.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Forty years ago, Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev met at Höfði House, representing rival nuclear superpowers divided by decades of distrust.

— Halla Tómasdóttir, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

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