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Past tense of dismantle

regular verb

The past tense of dismantle is dismantled. The past participle is also dismantled.

Forms of dismantle

Base form (V1)dismantle /dɪsˈmæntəl/
Past tense (V2)dismantled
Past participle (V3)dismantled
Present participledismantling
Third person singulardismantles

Dismantled in a sentence

  • The welfare state is dismantled.2013 May 17, George Monbiot, “Money just makes the rich suffer”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 23, page 19
  • This book has dismantled these mischaracterizations of Canadian suburbia as acultural and uncreative.2013, Alison L. Bain, Creative Margins: Cultural Production in Canadian Suburbs, page 212. From the entry cultureshed
  • By the Augustan period, however, the old ashlar circuit with its earthen agger was beginning to be dismantled in some places.2012, Seth G. Bernard, “Continuing the Deabte on Rome's Earliest Circuit Walls”, in Papers of the British School at Rome, number 80, page 2. From the entry agger
  • Armed with the complete log of its birth and life, the spime can be destroyed, dismantled and recycled efficiently.2008, Ian J. Taylor, Andrew Harrison, From P2P and Grids to Services on the Web: Evolving Distributed Communities, Springer Science &…. From the entry spime
  • The Pentagon and the CIA were being Balkanized, partially dismantled, and a Congressional investigation had focused on Screaming Fist.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 83. From the entry balkanize

Meaning of dismantle

  1. verb To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
  2. verb To disprove a discourse, claim or argument.
  3. verb To divest, strip of dress or covering.

Full definition of dismantle

Questions about the past tense of dismantle

What is the past tense of dismantle?
The past tense of dismantle is dismantled.
What is the past participle of dismantle?
The past participle of dismantle is dismantled.
Is dismantle a regular or irregular verb?
Dismantle is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.

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