dismantle
verb (used with object)
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc..
are dismantling
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present progressiveof dismantle.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They pointed to construction crews who are dismantling four dams on the Klamath River “in what will be the largest salmon restoration project in world history.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2023
Now, workers are dismantling dad’s machine to replace it with a “fourth-generation” design.
From Science Magazine ● May 3, 2023
They are dismantling injustice in the food system, along with larger systemic injustices that impact everything to do with wellbeing.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2022
Government spokesman Gabriel Attal, speaking on France Inter radio, said “when we are dismantling a migrant camp, that’s above all to put people into shelters, especially as winter comes.”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2021
The roustabouts, having spent much of the day sleeping in whatever corner they could find, are dismantling the great canvas city as efficiently as they put it up.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
