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dismantling

VERB

take apart

Synonyms

STRONGEST

break up demolish destroy disassemble raze undo wreck

STRONG

annihilate bankrupt bare decimate denudate denude deprive dismember dismount disrobe divest fell level ruin strike strip subvert wrack

WEAK

break down knock down part out pull down take down take to pieces tear down unrig

Antonyms

STRONGEST

build construct create repair restore

STRONG

clothe cover

WEAK

assemble combine put together raise

Example Sentences

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Downing Street said the treaty's aims include supporting defence jobs, helping respond to cyber attacks, improving border security and dismantling organised crime groups.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Progressive critique has long demanded that students learn the truth: that dismantling Jim Crow required sophisticated, institutional organizing at the grassroots level.

From Salon • May 20, 2026

Videos circulating online in recent days have shown rows of women in black chadors assembling and dismantling rifles during similar training sessions.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

“The volume Lyons is citing is a direct consequence of his own department dismantling all the alternatives,” Levin said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

In another Brown decision in 1955, the court ruled that the dismantling of separate school systems must happen with “all deliberate speed.”

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson