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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

Some districts have dismantled their J.R.O.T.C. marksmanship programs or had heated debates about how to incorporate them into school life.

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022

The downward trend in reported infections began in March, although many countries have dismantled their widespread testing and surveillance programs, making an accurate count of cases extremely difficult.

From Seattle Times • May 12, 2022

Tunisian police take down militant groups: Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, Houssem Eddine Jbebli, a spokesman for the National Guard, said.

From Washington Post • Mar. 26, 2022

The enemy have dismantled the forts of Calomatas and Motil, and are, as I believe, somewhat weakened in those districts.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 22 of 55 1625-29 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century. by Robertson, James Alexander