as in to dismantle
to take apart
soldiers were expected to be able to demount and reassemble their weapons
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Recent Examples of demount
They were torn down and pulverized by angry mobs, as happened in Kiev during the wave of protests in 2013-14, or methodically demounted by local authorities.
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Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2017
Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demount
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Other very stubborn systems for organizing human societies have been dismantled before.Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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More:Boeing dismantles global diversity, equity and inclusion department, Bloomberg News reports Voting will start at 7 a.m. U.S. Pacific Time (1500 GMT) and end at 7 p.m. with the result expected within hours.Dan Catchpole and Allison Lampert, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
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After dismounting his bike, Premi paused to look up and down each side of the street the way a prison guard might scan a cellblock.Mohammad Ali, WIRED, 14 Apr. 2020
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Its role as a mobile weapon platform allows Ukrainian forces to transport heavy weapons swiftly to counter Russian dismounted advances.Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
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Venom detaches from Eddie to save him and ensnares the xenophages with his gooey body.Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Oct. 2024
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The helicopter's main rotor detached from the collision and the aircraft plummeted to the ground.Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Oct. 2024
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Some folks feel the need to fully disconnect from the digital world to understand this boundary.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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Appearing on the Reality Life with Kate Casey podcast, the Sister Wives star, 55, was asked whether Meri, 53, had always been disconnected from the larger family, or if that was something that happened over time.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 5 Nov. 2024
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Despite various retrieval attempts—including disassembling the drain pipes and pouring water down the sink—the resilient frog stayed put, emerging occasionally and one time leaving behind evidence.David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
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It’s organized around five events in a material’s production — animating, disassembling, feeding, re-fusing and stitching — and also highlights the wave of more sustainable principles that are being embraced by designers to use fewer resources and allow for recycling and recovery.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
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That’s where Laddie Coburn struck an odd juxtaposition to the traffic jam on West Agate Avenue.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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In 2014, tragedy struck when her second husband suddenly died after blood clots from an Achilles tendon rupture traveled to his heart and lungs.Donna M. Owens, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Demount.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demount. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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