| VERB | creation | dismantle, level, raze, rase, tear down, take down, pull down | tear down so as to make flat with the ground |
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| creation | dismantle, disassemble, take apart, break up, break apart | take apart into its constituent pieces | |
| change | dismantle, strip | take off or remove |
| Sounds | dihsmae'nahl; dihsmae'ntahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2065 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | tear down so as to make flat with the ground. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | level, raze, rase, tear down, take down, pull down | |
| Narrower | bulldoze | flatten with or as if with a bulldozer |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| Opposite | raise, erect, rear, set up, put up | Construct, build, or erect |
| Catalan | arrasar | |
| Spanish | arrasar | |
| Meaning | take apart into its constituent pieces. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | disassemble, take apart, break up, break apart | |
| Entailed by | cannibalize, cannibalise | Use parts of something to repair something else |
| Broader | destroy, destruct | Do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of |
| Opposite | assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together | Create by putting components or members together |
| Nouns | dismantling, dismantlement | the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery) |
| Meaning | Take off or remove. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | strip | |
| Broader | remove, take, take away, withdraw | Remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract |
| Catalan | raure | |
| Spanish | raer | |