VERB | creation | dismantle, level, raze, rase, tear down, take down, pull down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
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creation | dismantle, disassemble, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces | |
change | dismantle, strip | take off or remove |
Sounds | dihsmae'nahl; dihsmae'ntahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
Synonyms | level, raze, rase, tear down, take down, pull down | |
Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
Spanish | arrasar, desarticular, desmantelar, igualar | |
Catalan | arrasar, desarticular, igualar, talar |
Meaning | take apart into its constituent pieces. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | disassemble, take apart, break up, break apart | |
Entailed by | cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
Narrower | strike | Disassemble a temporary structure, such as a tent or a theatrical set |
Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
Opposite | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | Create by putting components or members together |
Spanish | desarmar, desarticular, desmantelar, desmontar | |
Catalan | desarmar, desarticular, desmantellar, desmuntar | |
Nouns | dismantling, dismantlement | the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) |
Meaning | Take off or remove. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | strip | |
Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
Spanish | arrancar a tiras, raer | |
Catalan | arrencar a tiras, raspar, raure |
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