dismantled

Thân thiện

The workers dismantled the old wooden shed.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Taken apart or broken down: Describes something that has been systematically taken to pieces or disassembled.
   • Demolished or destroyed: Refers to a structure that has been torn down, broken up, or razed.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The old factory was completely dismantled to make way for the new park.
  • We found a dismantled engine in the garage, with all its parts laid out on the floor.
  • After the festival, the crew dismantled the stage. Now, the area looks dismantled and empty.

Advanced Usage

• "to be dismantled": Often used in passive voice to describe the state of having been taken apart.
  • The controversial statue was dismantled by the city council.
• Used figuratively to describe systems or institutions being taken apart.
  • The investigation led to the dismantled reputation of the once-trusted organization.

Variants and Related Words

• Dismantle (verb): To take apart or break down a structure or system.
  • They plan to dismantle the old bridge next month.
• Dismantlement (noun): The act or process of dismantling.
  • The dismantlement of the nuclear facility will take years.

Synonyms

• Disassembled: Taken apart into its components.
• Demolished: Completely torn down or destroyed.
• Deconstructed: Analyzed or taken apart, often in a detailed or methodological way.

Antonyms

• Assembled: Put together.
• Constructed: Built or erected.
• Intact: Whole and not damaged.

Related Phrases

• "to dismantle something": The action that results in something being dismantled.
  • The team worked overnight to dismantle the scaffolding.
• "in a dismantled state": Describing the condition of something that has been taken apart.
  • The furniture arrived in a dismantled state, so we had to assemble it ourselves.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. torn down and broken up

Từ đồng nghĩa

• demolished
• razed