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• v  tear down so as to make flat with the ground
• v  take apart into its constituent pieces
• v  take off or remove

• Neither was the guy ripping through chains embedded in his flesh to dismantle a ticking bomb in front of him.
• Falwell opposes apartheid, but professed faith that Botha will dismantle the system eventually, if only everyone is patient.
• And it required that the Palestinians crack down on violence and dismantle "terrorist capabilities and infrastructure.

• level
• raze
• rase
• tear down
• take down
• pull down
• disassemble
• take apart
• break up
• break apart
• strip

• raise
• assemble

News & Articles

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• Teen's memorial can return [Updated]
  Management property official says the order to dismantle did not come from the company or association board. The chief executive of a property management company for several residences near the site where a Costa Mesa teen crashed his car, leading to fatal injuries, has personally apologized to the teen's family after they were forced to remove a memorial built for him.
  June 22, 2013 - Daily Pilot
• Obamacare produces savings for insurance customers
  Republicans remain hellbent to dismantle Obamacare . Can they do it before the obvious benefits pile so high that, like Medicare, people forget what the fight was all about? Some examples already in place: Insurance for pre-existing conditions. Insurance for older kids. Expanded health coverage for poor people. Limits on profiteering by insurance companies. About that last, Politico notes that ...
  June 21, 2013 - Arkansas Times
• McConnell: Obama administration marked by 'culture of intimidation'
  (CNN) - The Obama administration is eager to defend progressive efforts to dismantle conservative causes, and it stands ready to "shut up anybody who challenges it," Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday in a hard-hitting speech. Using the recent Internal Revenue Service controversy to back up his claim, McConnell accused the Obama administration of […]
  June 21, 2013 - CNN Political Ticker

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in Associated Press of Pakistan
  General Petraeus is a pivotal part of our effort to succeed in Afghanistan - and in our broader effort to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al Qaeda - and he has my full confidence,Obama noted.
• Kim Kye Gwan in BBC News
  Mr Kim said: "We made it clear, we showed clear willingness to declare and dismantle all nuclear facilities."
• Joe Biden in Bloomberg
  Israel has to work towards a two-state solution,Biden said in an address to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee in Washington. "You're not going to like my saying this, but do not build more settlements. Dismantle existing...