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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Verb

(en verb)

To make something flat or flatter.

As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.

Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.

(reflexive) To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.

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With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.

To knock down or lay low.

The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.

To become flat or flatter; to plateau.

Prices have flattened out .

To be knocked down or laid low.

(music) To lower by a semitone.

To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.

(computer graphics) To combine (separate layers) into a single image.