dismantle
verb (used with object)
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc..
dismantled
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past participleof dismantle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof dismantle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
dismantleverb (used with object)to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc..
Example Sentences
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Both systems has been run by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, a city-county joint powers agency in the process of being dismantled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
The country has also dismantled its flat 5% royalty fee, replacing it with a sliding-scale model that climbs as high as 12% when global prices rise.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
When American forces discovered and dismantled the B8 reactor in 1945, it had never achieved criticality.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026
Only emergency vehicles were permitted access on Tuesday, while the set is due to be dismantled on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026
Pain stabs through me as everything I am made of collapses, my entire world dismantled in a moment.
From "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
