dismantle

[US]/dɪsˈmæntl/
[UK]/dɪsˈmæntl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. ta fra hverandre, demontere; avskaffe, kansellere
Word Forms
Past Tensedismantled
Past Participledismantled
Present Participledismantling
Third Person Singulardismantles
Pluraldismantles

Example Sentences

it will take an electronics expert to dismantle it.

Det vil kreve en elektronikkekspert for å demontere det.

This toy machine gun dismantles easily.

Denne lekemotoren demonteres lett.

dismantled the house before knocking it down.

Demonterte huset før de rev det ned.

The Japanese empire was quickly dismantled.

Det japanske imperiet ble raskt demontert.

the engines were dismantled and the bits piled into a heap.

Motorene ble demontert og delene ble stablet i en haug.

Here, two leafcutter ants dismantle a leaf in Peru's Manu National Forest.

Her demonterer to løvskjærende maur et blad i Peru's Manu nasjonalpark.

"I think there's been some misunderstanding; I meant that we should look up the technical literature concerned first, not dismantle the machine now."

«Jeg tror det har vært en misforståelse; jeg mente at vi skulle se opp i den tekniske litteraturen først, ikke demontere maskinen nå.»

Real-world Examples

This exercise is about dismantling the camp.

Denne øvelsen handler om å demontere leiren.

Source: NPR News March 2016 Collection

She was giving a speech about dismantling the patriarchy.

Hun holdt en tale om å demontere patriarkatet.

Source: Deadly Women

The boy looked on curiously as his father dismantled the car.

Gutten så nysgjerrig på mens faren hans demonterte bilen.

Source: New Concept English: Vocabulary On-the-Go, Book Three.

Up until now, we had heard that North Korea was dismantling this.

Til nå hadde vi hørt at Nord-Korea demonterte dette.

Source: CNN 10 Student English March 2019 Collection

In fact, Iran has already dismantled thousands of centrifuges that enrich uranium.

Iran har faktisk allerede demontert tusenvis av sentrifuger som beriker uran.

Source: VOA Standard December 2015 Collection

Are they protesting against a plan to dismantle their controversial unit?

Protesterer de mot en plan om å demontere deres kontroversielle enhet?

Source: BBC Listening September 2015 Collection

Mandela helped lead the country to reconciliation as he dismantled white minority rule.

Mandela hjalp til med å lede landet mot forsoning da han demonterte hvit minoritetsstyre.

Source: NPR News December 2013 Compilation

But they dismantled services with no future plan.

Men de demonterte tjenester uten en fremtidsplan.

Source: Time

Eastern European countries employed it later to dismantle command economies.

Øst-europeiske land brukte det senere til å demontere planøkonomier.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

That's right — after the World Cup ends, the entire structure is planned to be dismantled.

Det stemmer – etter at verdensmesterskapet er over, er hele strukturen planlagt å bli demontert.

Source: 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar

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