Dismantle vs Destroy - What's the difference?
dismantle | destroy |
(originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
To remove fittings or furnishings from.
To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
, author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot
, title=Money just makes the rich suffer
, volume=188, issue=23, page=19
, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
Destroy is a antonym of dismantle.
In transitive terms the difference between dismantle and destroy
is that dismantle is to take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces while destroy is to put down or euthanize.As verbs the difference between dismantle and destroy
is that dismantle is to divest, strip of dress or covering while destroy is To damage beyond use or repair.
dismantle
English
Verb
(dismantl)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
* dismantlementReferences
*destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.