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   dismantle

   /dɪsˈmant(ə)l/

   verb

   • 1. take (a machine or structure) to pieces: "the engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘destroy the defensive capability of a fortification’): from Old French desmanteler, from des- (expressing reversal) + manteler ‘fortify’ (from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. dismantlement noun
   • 2. dismantler noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   • I

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   • M

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