dismantling

Plural: dismantlings

Noun

• the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
  • "Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons"
• The act by which something is dismantled.

Verb

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• take apart into its constituent pieces
• take off or remove
• present participle and gerund of dismantle

Synonyms

break apart, break up, disassemble, disassembly, dismantle, dismantlement, level, pull down, rase, raze, strip, take apart, take down, tear down

Antonyms

assemble, assembly, raise