"dismantling" in the noun sense
1. dismantling, dismantlement, disassembly
the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery
"Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons"
"dismantling" in the verb sense
1. level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
"The building was levelled"
2. disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart
take apart into its constituent pieces
3. strip, dismantle
take off or remove
"strip a wall of its wallpaper"
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