dismantle
/dɪsˈmæntəl/ verb C1- To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
- To disprove a discourse, claim or argument.
- To divest, strip of dress or covering.
- To remove fittings or furnishings from.
He/she/it dismantles · Past dismantled · Past participle dismantled · -ing form dismantling
Verb forms
- Base form
- dismantle
- He/she/it
- dismantles
- Past
- dismantled
- Past participle
- dismantled
- -ing form
- dismantling
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Employers enthusiastically dismantled physical walls, believing that removing barriers would naturally foster spontaneous collaboration and break down hierarchical structures.
Once the mental barrier was dismantled, athletes universally realized that their bodies were entirely capable of enduring the immense strain.
The paperback revolution permanently dismantled the notion that profound literature was the exclusive province of the privileged, affluent elite.
This comforting paradigm, however, was thoroughly dismantled by the pioneering research of cognitive psychologist Elizabeth Loftus.
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