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Dismantle vs Destruction - What's the difference?

dismantle | destruction |

As a verb dismantle

is (originally) to divest, strip of dress or covering.

As a noun destruction is

the act of destroying.

dismantle

English

Verb

(dismantl)
  • (originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  • To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  • To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
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  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}

    Derived terms

    * dismantlement

    References

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    destruction

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of destroying.
  • The destruction of the condemned building will take place at noon.
  • The results of a destructive event.
  • Amid the seemingly endless destruction , a single flower bloomed.

    Antonyms

    * construction

    See also

    * devastation ----