[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dismantle \disman"tle\, v. t. imp.  p. p. dismantled; p.
   pr.  vb. n. dismantling. f. d'emanteler, of.
   desmanteler; pref: des- l. dis- + manteler to cover with a
   cloak, defend, fr. mantel, f. manteau, cloak. see mantle.
   1. to strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
      1913 webster

   2. to strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to
      unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as,
      to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.
      1913 webster

            a dismantled house, without windows or shutters to
            keep out the rain.                    --macaulay.
      1913 webster

   3. to disable; to render useless. --comber.

   syn: to demo?sh; raze. see demol?sh.
        1913 webster
see also:
dismantled dismantling mantle demol?sh 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

dismantling
     n : the act of taking something apart as a piece of machinery;
         "russia and the united states discussed the dismantling
         of their nuclear weapons" syn: dismantlement, disassembly
         ant: assembly, fabrication
see also:
dismantlement disassembly assembly fabrication 

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