Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb dismantle

3 senses of dismantle

Sense 1
level, raze, rase, dismantle, tear down, take down, pull down -- (tear down so as to make flat with the ground; "The building was levelled")
       => destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")

Sense 2
disassemble, dismantle, take apart, break up, break apart -- (take apart into its constituent pieces)
       => destroy, destruct -- (do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of; "The fire destroyed the house")

Sense 3
strip, dismantle -- (take off or remove; "strip a wall of its wallpaper")
       => remove, take, take away, withdraw -- (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment")