English > dismantle: 3 senses > verb 1, creation| Meaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonyms | level, raze, rase, tear down, take down, pull down |
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| Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
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| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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| Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
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| Spanish | arrasar, desarticular, desmantelar, igualar |
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| Catalan | arrasar, desarticular, igualar, talar |
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English > dismantle: 3 senses > verb 2, creation| Meaning | take apart into its constituent pieces. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Synonyms | disassemble, take apart, break up, break apart |
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| Entailed by | cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
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| Narrower | strike | Disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set |
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| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
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| Opposite | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | Create by putting components or members together |
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| Spanish | desarmar, desarticular, desmantelar, desmontar |
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| Catalan | desarmar, desarticular, desmantellar, desmuntar |
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| Nouns | dismantling, dismantlement | the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) |
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