dismantled

verb (past and past participle of dismantle: dismantle, dismantles, dismantled, dismantling); adjective

«dismantled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Taken apart piece by piece. tree →
Ended or got rid of step by step, like a system, law or organisation. tree →

In the lessons

In D&T and everyday life, people dismantle a tent, a bed or a machine to move or fix it; in history, unfair systems like apartheid were dismantled; phrases: «dismantled the tent», «dismantled the system».

Examples

We dismantled the tent and packed it in the car. tree →
Dad dismantled my old bed before we moved house. tree →
The engineer dismantled the engine to find the problem. tree →
The fairground rides were dismantled overnight. tree →
The robot was dismantled and its parts reused. tree →
Apartheid in South Africa was dismantled in the early 1990s. tree →
The Berlin Wall was dismantled after 1989. tree →

Note

Regular verb (drop e: dismantling). Opposite: assemble, put together, build. Safety: do not dismantle electrical things that are plugged in.

On Mova

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