dismantle
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Some of the coalition’s members live in RVs that could be seized and dismantled if the city is permitted to implement the law, the group said in its complaint.
From Los Angeles Times
He initiated an antigraft purge and dismantled the military’s top-heavy administrative fiefs in favor of centralized, joint-combat theater commands that report directly to the Central Military Commission, which he leads.
Stripping away these elements would, in Tehran's view, dismantle the foundations of its deterrence.
From BBC
The team discovered that the two bacteria dismantle this protective barrier in a step-by-step process.
From Science Daily
"There are lots of nostalgic people here who wanted to keep everything that we dismantle, store it somewhere, turn it into a museum... I'm not of that mindset," he told AFP.
From Barron's
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