Dismantle

(v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To disable; to render useless.

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• To follow conventional methods, the final chapter of a book should be an In conclusion with a finis and a dismantled torch, but the history of invention will ever be a continued story. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• I went back, full of encouragement, and reported to the guide, and asked him to discharge this dismantled fortress. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• They dismantled their machines, made public statements of what they had accomplished, and started to negotiate with various governments for the purchase of their aeroplanes for use in war. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• But surely there were beams still left in the dismantled cottages near the church? 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• But nobody can recover his yesterdays no matter how much he abuses the clock, and no man can expunge the memory of railroads though all the stations and engines were dismantled. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The house was dark, dismantled: and the all appearance, uninhabited. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• I went round to my employer, found him in the same dismantled kind of room, and was told to keep at it until Wednesday, and then come again. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.

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