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

Those aspects of the deal, according to people with knowledge of how it came together, were designed to prevent future U.S. and Venezuelan leaders from dismantling the enterprise.

From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026

Eilish Rothney made a start at dismantling the nest on Tuesday.

From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026

But dismantling the people and expertise required to carry out their missions isn’t efficiency; it’s diminished capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

In July, a shirtless man in East Hollywood was recorded standing on top of a Waymo while dismantling the car.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Of all his impressionable Viennese pupils, none embraced this dismantling of tonality quite as enthusiastically as Arnold Schoenberg.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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