Dismantle /(?)/

Dis·man·tle

Dismantle

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dismantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling

  1. To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
  2. To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.
    A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain.
  3. To disable; to render useless.