dismantle
verb (used with object)
to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc..
were 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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In Perth, with the opportunity to win back the Ashes at the earliest opportunity, Australia were dismantling England once more.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2025
And so he literally, if you think about it, he and Constance Baker Motley and the other all-Black legal team, they literally were dismantling segregation in America through their advocacy.
From Salon ● Oct. 12, 2023
Like other Chinese business people, she bought scrap metal from North Koreans who were dismantling factories in order to buy food, according to a report in the Chinese-language Southern Weekly newspaper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2017
“We are finished using it. They actually were dismantling that piece when it happened,” Hampton said.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2015
Near at hand the soldiers who had added their rocks to the pile were dismantling Manfred's camp.
From The Saracen: The Holy War by Robert Shea
