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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Dismantling them creates a larger, open space for the saleroom.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Dismantling the agency may be something we come to regret.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025

Dismantling the subsidies that enable our excessive meat consumption should come first.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2024

Dismantling the structure will be completed next week.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2023

Dismantling East Computing had been a simple matter of operations, of supply and demand and expedience.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly