dismantling
- n the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)
Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons - v tear down so as to make flat with the ground
- v take apart into its constituent pieces
- v take off or remove
dismay
- n the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles
- n fear resulting from the awareness of danger
- v lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
- v fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised
dismissal
- n a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial
- n official notice that you have been fired from your job
- n permission to go; the sending away of someone
- n the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)