dismantling

Definitions

The act of taking a machine or structure to pieces.

The process of gradually getting rid of a system, organization, or belief.

Examples

The company is currently dismantling its outdated manufacturing plant to make room for a new research facility.

The government is focused on dismantling the complex network of corruption that has plagued the department for years.

Synonyms

disassembling demolishing taking apart breaking down stripping deconstructing

Antonyms

assembling constructing building erecting putting together fabricating raising