Definition of "dismantle" []

• To take apart; disassemble; tear down. (verb-transitive)
• To put an end to in a gradual systematic way: dismantling the cumbersome regulations for interstate trucking. (verb-transitive)
• To strip of furnishings or equipment: dismantled the house before knocking it down. (verb-transitive)
• To strip of covering or clothing. (verb-transitive)

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• "Alan Greenspan, Robert Rubin dismantle social safety nets for short term economic gains influenced Clinton"
• "At his lunch with Reagan and Bush just after the speech, one American asked, “Did we hear that word dismantle right?”"
• "Good Old "Ron Paul", has always campaigned that we should 'dismantle' our CIA."