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dismantled

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //dɪsˈmænəɫd// UK //dɪsmˈɑːntəld// dis·man·tled

adj. taken apart piece by piece so that it no longer works or exists. You use this to describe a machine that was opened up or a system that was stopped.

adj. having been taken apart or deconstructed into individual components. Often used in a participial sense to describe the state of a mechanism or an organization after its structure has been removed.


SIMPLE

The old engine lay dismantled on the garage floor.

CONTEXTUAL

After the factory closed, the heavy machinery was dismantled and sold to various international buyers.

COMPLEX

The once-powerful political coalition was systematically dismantled by internal rivalries and a series of high-profile scandals that eroded public trust.

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Often follows a linking verb like 'lie', 'remain', or 'be'.

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