dismantle
verb (used with object)
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc..
have dismantled
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present perfectof dismantle.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Over that time, the authorities have dismantled 8,500 illegal pits.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
To show they’re upholding their end of the treaty, countries want to prove to each other that they have dismantled their warheads.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 1, 2023
Months of street protest have dismantled the one-powerful Rajapaksa political family.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 2, 2022
“But a new generation of contemporary artists have dismantled the genre’s elitism by depicting new subjects who were historically left out,” she continued.
From New York Times ● Jul. 6, 2022
Had it come later I don't doubt that 'A' would have dismantled the Red House again so that the investigation would have been severely handicapped.
From The Green Eyes of Bâst by Sax Rohmer
