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dismantledismantle /dɪsˈmæntl/ ●○○ verb [transitive] ETYMOLOGYdismantleOrigin: 1500-1600 Old French desmanteler, from mantel cloak VERB TABLEdismantle |
Present | I, you, we, they | dismantle | | he, she, it | dismantles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | dismantled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have dismantled | | he, she, it | has dismantled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had dismantled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will dismantle | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have dismantled |
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Present | I | am dismantling | | he, she, it | is dismantling | | you, we, they | are dismantling | Past | I, he, she, it | was dismantling | | you, we, they | were dismantling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been dismantling | | he, she, it | has been dismantling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been dismantling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be dismantling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been dismantling |
1to take a machine or piece of equipment apart so that it is in separate pieces SYN take apart OPP assemble: Chris had dismantled the entire bike in five minutes.2to get rid of a system or organization, especially in a gradual way: No one is suggesting that we dismantle the Social Security system.3to defeat an opponent in a game by a large number of points: The Detroit Tigers dismantled the Chicago White Sox 16–0. [Origin: 1500–1600 Old French desmanteler, from mantel cloak] |