English > dismantling: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery). |
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| Example | "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons" |
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| Synonyms | dismantlement, disassembly |
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| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
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| Opposite | assembly, assemblage, gathering | The social act of assembling |
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| fabrication, assembly | The act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) |
| Spanish | desarme, desarticulación, desmantelamiento, desmontaje |
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| Catalan | desarticulació, desmantellament, desmuntatge |
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| Verbs | dismantle | take apart into its constituent pieces |
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