DISMANTLEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dismantlement mean? 

• DISMANTLEMENT (noun)
  The noun DISMANTLEMENT has 1 sense:

1. the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

  Familiarity information: DISMANTLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISMANTLEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

disassembly; dismantlement; dismantling

Context example:

Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons

Hypernyms ("dismantlement" is a kind of...):

activity (any specific behavior)

Derivation:

dismantle (take apart into its constituent pieces)