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- dismantle something
to take apart a machine or structure so that it is in separate pieces 拆开，拆卸（机器或结构） - dismantle something
to end an organization or a system gradually in an organized way （逐渐）废除，取消
Word Originlate 16th cent. (in the sense ‘destroy the defensive capability of a fortification’): from Old French desmanteler, from des- (expressing reversal) + manteler ‘fortify’ (from Latin mantellum ‘cloak’).