1. (v. t.) To strip or deprive of dress; to divest.

2. (v. t.) 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.

3. (v. t.) To disable; to render useless.

annihilate atomize bankrupt bare break to pieces cleave decimate demolish denudate denude deprive disarray disassemble disintegrate dismember dismount disrobe divest do a strip-tease fragment lift make mincemeat of pick to pieces pull in pieces pull to pieces pulverize raze recall reduce to rubble rend repeal rescind reverse ruin shatter smash split strip sunder take apart take down tear apart tear down tear to pieces tear to shreds tear to tatters total unarray unbuild uncase unclothe undo undrape undress unmake wrack wrack up wreck