Dis·man·tle 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. --Macaulay.
3. To disable; to render useless.
Syn: -- To demo░sh; raze. See Demol░sh.
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dismantled
adj : torn down and broken up [syn: demolished, razed]