dismantled

Adjective
Synonyms: demolishedrazed

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. torn down and broken upSynonyms: demolishedrazed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Dismantle \Dis*man"tle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismantled; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismantling.] [F. d['e]manteler, OF. desmanteler; pref: des- (L. dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, fr. mantel, F. manteau, cloak. See Mantle.]

1.To strip or deprive of dress; to divest. [1913 Webster]

2.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. [1913 Webster]

A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]

3.To disable; to render useless. --Comber.

Syn: To demo?sh; raze. See Demol?sh. [1913 Webster]

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