Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) meets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton upon her arrival at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Vladivostok September 8, 2012. REUTERS/Mikhail Metzel.
Definition of dismantle. dismantled. dismantling. 1 : to disconnect the pieces of will have to dismantle the engine; also : to destroy the integrity or functioning of The program was later dismantled due to a lack of funding.
See all translations. uk â /diË-/ /dÉª-/ us â /diË-/ /dÉª-/. âº used to add the meaning opposite, remove, or reduce to a noun or verb: deforestation. the denationalization of the coal industry. Once you've written a computer program, you have to debug (= remove the errors from) it.