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demount

[dee-mount]
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verb (used with object)
  1. to remove from a mounting, setting, or place of support, as a gun.
  2. to take apart; disassemble.
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Origin of demount

First recorded in 1930–35; de- + mount1
Related formsde·mount·a·ble, adjectivede·mount·a·bil·i·ty, noun
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Examples from the Web for demount

Historical Examples

  • Well if it do not, Pilatre-like, explode; and demount all the more tragically!

    The French Revolution

    Thomas Carlyle

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

British Dictionary definitions for demount

demount

verb
  1. (tr) to remove (a motor, gun, etc) from its mounting or setting
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Derived Formsdemountable, adjective
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