01 v. t. To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
imp. & p. p.
Dismantled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Dismantling
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1.
To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
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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.“A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain.” — Macaulay.
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3.
To disable; to render useless.