dismantling (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *dismantling*:
NOUN	act	dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly	the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

dismantling > pronunciation
Sounds	dihsmae'nahlihng; dihsmae'ntahlihng; dih.smae'ntlihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

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

HyperDic: dismantling