verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/dɪsˈmæntəl/
UK:[dɪsˈmænthəɫ]
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Cockney:[dɪsˈmænʔəɫ]
US:[dɪsˈmæ̃nɾɫ̩]
US:[dɪsˈmæ̃nɫ̩]
rhymes with -æntəl
CMU ARPABET:D IH0 S M AE1 N T AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D IH0 S M AE1 N AH0 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To disprove a discourse, claim or argument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To divest, strip of dress or covering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: originally
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To remove fittings or furnishings from.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
verb
Meaning 5
take off or remove
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
strip a wall of its wallpaper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: strip
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: remove, take, take away, withdraw
6
verb
Meaning 6
take apart into its constituent pieces
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disassemble, take apart, break up, break apart
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destroy, destruct
7
verb
Meaning 7
tear down so as to make flat with the ground
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The building was levelled
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: level, raze, rase, tear down, take down, pull down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: destroy, destruct
Narrower terms: bulldoze
History
Etymology
From Middle French desmanteler, itself from des- (“dis-”), mantel (“coat”) + -er (verbal suffix). By surface analysis, dis- + mantle. Compare typologically uncloak, reveal, unmask.
Across languages
Translations
65 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
քանդել
(kʻandel)
— take apart
Armenian:
ապամոնտաժել
(apamontažel)
— take apart
Bulgarian:
разглобявам
(razglobjavam)
— take apart
Catalan:
desmuntar
— take apart
Chinese Cantonese:
拆
(caak3)
— take apart
Chinese Mandarin:
拆卸
(chāixiè)
— take apart
Chinese Mandarin:
拆開 /拆开
(chāikāi)
— take apart
Chinese Mandarin:
拆下
(chāixià)
— take apart
Dutch:
ontmantelen
— take apart
Finnish:
purkaa osiin
— take apart
Finnish:
purkaa
— take apart
Finnish:
hajottaa
— take apart
French:
démonter
— take apart
French:
démanteler
— take apart
German:
abbauen
— take apart
Greek:
αποσυναρμολογώ
(aposynarmologó)
— take apart
Greek:
ξεμοντάρω
(xemontáro)
— take apart
Hebrew:
פֵּרֵק
(perék)
— take apart
Hungarian:
szétszed
— take apart
Ingrian:
hajottaa
— take apart
Italian:
smontare
— take apart
Japanese:
分解する
(bunkai suru)
— take apart
Māori:
whakahoro
— take apart
Norwegian Bokmål:
demontere
— take apart
Norwegian Nynorsk:
demontere
— take apart
Polish:
rozłożyć
— take apart
Polish:
rozkładać
— take apart
Polish:
rozebrać
— take apart
Polish:
rozbierać
— take apart
Polish:
rozmontować
— take apart
Portuguese:
desmontar
— take apart
Portuguese:
desmantelar
— take apart
Portuguese:
desfazer
— take apart
Portuguese:
desmanchar
— take apart
Rapa Nui:
kumekume
— take apart
Russian:
разбира́ть
(razbirátʹ)
— take apart
Russian:
разобра́ть
(razobrátʹ)
— take apart
Russian:
демонти́ровать
(demontírovatʹ)
— take apart
Spanish:
desmontar
— take apart
Spanish:
desensamblar
— take apart
Swedish:
demontera
— take apart
ǃXóõ:
khàla
— take apart
Bulgarian:
събличам
(sǎbličam)
— divest
Dutch:
uitkleden
— divest
Finnish:
riisua
— divest
German:
entmanteln
— divest
German:
entblättern
— divest
Ido:
nudigar
— divest
Japanese:
脱がせる
(nugaseru)
— divest
Russian:
раздева́ть
(razdevátʹ)
— divest
Russian:
разде́ть
(razdétʹ)
— divest
Swedish:
avkläda
— divest
Swedish:
avkraga
— divest
Swedish:
klä av
— divest
Swedish:
ta av
— divest
Bulgarian:
оголвам
(ogolvam)
— remove fittings or furnishings
Bulgarian:
разоборудвам
(razoborudvam)
— remove fittings or furnishings
Finnish:
riisua
— remove fittings or furnishings
German:
abwracken
— remove fittings or furnishings
German:
ausschlachten
— remove fittings or furnishings
Greek:
απογυμνώνω
(apogymnóno)
— remove fittings or furnishings
Russian:
разбира́ть
(razbirátʹ)
— remove fittings or furnishings
Russian:
разобра́ть
(razobrátʹ)
— remove fittings or furnishings
Swedish:
nedmontera
— remove fittings or furnishings
Swedish:
demontera
— remove fittings or furnishings
