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dismantle
verb
1 dismantle
Tear down so as to make flat with the ground.
synonyms: level, pull down, rase, raze, take down, tear down.
Roget 162:
be destroyed
&c.;
perish;
fall to the ground;
tumble,
topple;
go to pieces,
fall to pieces;
break up;
crumble to dust;
go to the dogs,
go to the wall,
go to smash,
go to shivers,
go to wreck,
go to pot,
go to wrack and ruin;
go by the board,
go all to smash;
be all over,
be all up,
be all with;
totter to its fall.
destroy;
do away with,
make away with;
nullify;
annual
etc.
756;
sacrifice,
demolish;
tear up;
overturn,
overthrow,
overwhelm;
upset,
subvert,
put an end to;
seal the doom of,
do in,
do for,
dish [Slang],
undo;
break up,
cut up;
break down,
cut down,
pull down,
mow down,
blow down,
beat down;
suppress,
quash,
put down,
do a job on;
cut short,
take off,
blot out;
dispel,
dissipate,
dissolve;
consume.
smash,
crash,
quell,
squash,
squelch,
crumple up,
shatter,
shiver;
batter to pieces,
tear to pieces,
crush to pieces,
cut to pieces,
shake to pieces,
pull to pieces,
pick to pieces;
laniate†;
nip;
tear to rags,
tear to tatters;
crush to atoms,
knock to atoms;
ruin;
strike out;
throw over,
knock down over;
fell,
sink,
swamp,
scuttle,
wreck,
shipwreck,
engulf,
ingulf†,
submerge;
lay in ashes,
lay in ruins;
sweep away,
erase,
wipe out,
expunge,
raze;
level with the dust,
level with the ground;
waste;
atomize,
vaporize.
deal destruction,
desolate,
devastate,
lay waste,
ravage gut;
disorganize;
dismantle
etc.
(render useless)
645;
devour,
swallow up,
sap,
mine,
blast,
bomb,
blow to smithereens,
drop the big one,
confound;
exterminate,
extinguish,
quench,
annihilate;
snuff out,
put out,
stamp out,
trample out;
lay in the dust,
trample in the dust;
prostrate;
tread under foot;
crush under foot,
trample under foot;
lay the ax to the root of;
make short work of,
make clean sweep of,
make mincemeat of;
cut up root and branch,
chop into pieces,
cut into ribbons;
fling to the winds,
scatter to the winds;
throw overboard;
strike at the root of,
sap the foundations of,
spring a mine,
blow up,
ravage with fire and sword;
cast to the dogs;
eradicate
etc.
301.
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Roget 678:
not use;
do without,
dispense with,
let alone,
not touch,
forbear,
abstain,
spare,
waive,
neglect;
keep back,
reserve.
lay up,
lay by,
lay on the shelf,
keep on the shelf,
lay up in ordinary;
lay up in a napkin;
shelve;
set aside,
put aside,
lay aside;
disuse,
leave off,
have done with;
supersede;
discard
etc.
(eject)
297;
dismiss,
give warning.
throw aside
etc.
(relinquish)
782;
make away with
etc.
(destroy)
162;
cast overboard,
heave overboard,
throw overboard;
cast to the dogs,
cast to the winds;
dismantle
etc.
(Render useless)
645.
lie unemployed,
remain unemployed
etc.
adj.
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Roget 674:
be unprepared
etc.
adj.;
want preparation,
lack preparation;
lie fallow;
s'embarquer sans biscuits [Fr.];
live from hand to mouth.
[Render unprepared]
dismantle
etc.
(render useless)
645;
undress
etc.
226.
extemporize,
improvise,
ad lib.
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Roget 645:
be useless
etc.
adj.;
go a begging
etc.
(redundant)
641;
fail
etc.
732.
seek after impossibilities,
strive after impossibilities;
use vain efforts,
labor in vain,
roll the stone of Sisyphus,
beat the air,
lash the waves,
battre l'eau avec un baton [Fr.],
donner un coup d'epee dans l'eau [Fr.],
fish in the air,
milk the ram,
drop a bucket into an empty well,
sow the sand;
bay the moon;
preach to the winds,
speak to the winds;
whistle jigs to a milestone;
kick against the pricks,
se battre contre des moulins [Fr.];
lock the stable door when the steed is stolen,
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen
etc.
(too late)
135;
hold a farthing candle to the sun;
cast pearls before swine
etc.
(waste)
638;
carry coals to Newcastle
etc.
(redundancy)
641;
wash a blackamoor white
etc.
(impossible)
471.
render useless
etc.
adj.;
dismantle,
dismast,
dismount,
disqualify,
disable;
unrig;
cripple,
lame
etc.
(injure)
659;
spike guns,
clip the wings;
put out of gear.
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Dutch: uitkrabben, afbreken, neerhalen, slechten, slopen
2 dismantle
3 dismantle
Take off or remove.
synonym: strip.
Roget 226:
divest;
uncover
etc.
(cover)
etc.
223;
denude,
bare,
strip;
disfurnish†;
undress,
disrobe
etc.
(dress, enrobe)
etc.
225;
uncoif†;
dismantle;
put off,
take off,
cast off;
doff;
peel,
pare,
decorticate,
excoriate,
skin,
scalp,
flay;
expose,
lay open;
exfoliate,
molt,
mew;
cast the skin.
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adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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Moby thesaurus: annihilate, atomize, bankrupt, bare, break to pieces, cleave, decimate, demolish, denudate, denude, deprive, disarray, disassemble, disintegrate, dismember, dismount, disrobe, divest, do a strip-tease, fragment, lift, make mincemeat of, pick to pieces, pull in pieces, pull to pieces, pulverize, raze, recall, reduce to rubble, rend, repeal, rescind, reverse, ruin, shatter, smash, split, strip, sunder, take apart, take down, tear apart, tear down, tear to pieces, tear to shreds, tear to tatters, total, unarray, unbuild, uncase, unclothe, undo, undrape, undress, unmake, wrack, wrack up, wreck ... show more.
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