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DISMANTLING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dismantling mean? 

DISMANTLING (noun)
  The noun DISMANTLING has 1 sense:

1. the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)play

  Familiarity information: DISMANTLING used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISMANTLING (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disassembly; dismantlement; dismantling

Context example:

Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons

Hypernyms ("dismantling" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Derivation:

dismantle (take apart into its constituent pieces)


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