How to Use dismantle in a Sentence

dismantle

verb

• When will they dismantle the old bridge?
• The after-school program was dismantled due to lack of funding.
• The mechanic dismantled the engine to repair it.
• He accuses them of trying to dismantle the country's legal system.
• And in 2020, the state began to dismantle its death row.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 23 Nov. 2022
• Phone alerts told people to go home, and the party was effectively dismantled.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
• The city's second-tallest building took another step forward in its construction this past weekend, dismantling a massive crane that's been part of its skyline for years.
  — Annalise Frank, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
• Back in 2018, Alec Forman began to dismantle the front section until only the chassis axles and two wheels were left.
  — Tamara Hardingham-Gill, CNN, 28 Nov. 2022
• All three are moderate Democrats who have campaigned on issues such as dismantling tent encampments and enacting harsher punishments for retail crime.
  — Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
• The pressure still exists, of course, although HBCUs are offering spaces for students to learn to dismantle it.
  — Mia Uzzell, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2022
• But with a Super Bowl berth on the line, Kelce dismantled the Ravens.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Jan. 2024
• Their lives are dismantled, in minutes not days, and most of them die in the Holocaust.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• All of that is dismantled and to be hauled away when the festival ends.
  — Ed Komenda, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
• The plan to dismantle the dams has drawn mixed reactions from the public.
  — Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2024
• The Rams were dismantled on offense, defense and special teams and lost to the Dallas Cowboys on the road, 43-20.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2023
• So the voice gives him the code to dismantle the security system in time for a quick exit.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2023
• The Nuggets were the more physical and aggressive team in dismantling the Suns.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2023
• Experts were working to dismantle the weapons that were discovered near the village of Qlaileh, south of the port city of Tyre, the army said.
  — WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
• Adair hired a lawyer, there was a hearing at City Hall, the mayor fell asleep, and it was decided that the ramp had to be dismantled.
  — Zach Harris, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2024
• The old wagon is to be stored beneath the hardware store until it is dismantled.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2024
• That added to a rapid drumbeat of steps to dismantle controls that had been expected to stay in place at least through mid-2023.
  — Joe McDonald, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Dec. 2022
• Many on the right flank opposed the deal McCarthy struck with Biden this year over the spending levels and are trying to dismantle it now.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 22 Sep. 2023
• Meta now has a chance to properly dismantle a system that was flawed from the offset.
  — Daisy Jones, Vogue, 29 Jan. 2023
• The encampments’ peaceful end comes as police have been called to dismantle tents around the state.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 19 June 2024
• In the end, the passing game decided the game, and Dak Prescott had the more difficult task trying to dismantle the 49ers’ secondary.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2023
• Four workers with trowels are soon dismantling the blocks.
  — Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
• The other three dams are set to be dismantled next year, starting with a drawdown of the reservoirs in January.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• The combatants also dismantled the stone walls in the fields, and, when enemies were near, sometimes hid in them.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024
• This year, California, which has the largest death row in the country, has begun dismantling it.
  — Riley Robinson, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Feb. 2024
• Skyride was quietly dismantled in 1979, but one of the stations remains as a gift shop in Planet Snoopy.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024