Dismantle
Dismantle , transitive verb
[French démanteler, Old French desmanteler; pref: des- (Latin dis-) + manteler to cover with a cloak, defend, from mantel, French manteau, cloak. See Mantle.]
1.
To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.
2.
To strip of furniture and equipments, guns, etc.; to unrig; to strip of walls or outworks; to break down; as, to dismantle a fort, a town, or a ship.
A dismantled house, without windows or shutters to keep out the rain.
3.
To disable; to render useless. — Comber