dismantle
verb (used with object)
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc..
was dismantling
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past progressiveof dismantle.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I surveyed the room; three tables over, a family was dismantling a Bloomin’ Onion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026
In a reversal, the Memphis police announced Saturday that it was dismantling the Scorpion unit that had employed the five officers in the case.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
Her comments came just two days after China announced it was dismantling key parts of a strict "zero-COVID" policy, in a much-needed move to give momentum to a flagging economy.
From Reuters ● Dec. 9, 2022
While much of corporate America scrambled to adjust COVID-19 policies this summer in response to a surge of cases, Amazon was dismantling its coronavirus testing sites.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 4, 2021
But one of the many people who regularly brought unpleasant news of the deluge had told her that the company was dismantling its dispensaries to move them to where it was not raining.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
