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DISMANTLING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
Example:
Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons
Synonyms:
disassembly; dismantlement; dismantling
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dismantling" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Derivation:
dismantle (take apart into its constituent pieces)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb dismantle
