demount

American

[dee-mount] / diˈmaʊnt /

verb (used with object)

to remove from a mounting, mount, mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
to take apart; disassemble.

demount British

/ diːˈmaʊnt /

verb

(tr) to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting

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Other Word Forms

demountability noun
demountable adjective

Etymology

Origin of demount

First recorded in 1930–35; de- + mount ¹

Example Sentences

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Like Cooper's, his chairs and tables easily demount to fit into neat packages.

From Time Magazine Archive

It seems the demountable rims refused to demount, or whatever it is they are expected to do when you take a tire off.

From The Camp Fire Girls Go Motoring Or, Along the Road That Leads the Way by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)

Well if it do not, Pilatre-like, explode; and demount all the more tragically!—So, riding on windbags, will men scale the Empyrean.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

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