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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
dismantle .
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Examples
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Because of course Scott Peterson went and told Diane Sawyer that Laci knew about Amber, she had no problem about it so it kind of dismantles the whole motive theory.
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As Simpson's work systematically dismantles the unconscious features of stereotype before our eyes, we find voids of reason left in the place of the uprooted prejudice.
G. Roger Denson: Gender as Performance & Script: Reading the Art of Yvonne Rainer, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Charlesworth & Lorna Simpson After Eve Sedgwick & Judith Butler G. Roger Denson 2011
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Lack of administrative funding dismantles Obamacare.
The 2010 RedState predictions thread. - Moe_Lane’s blog - RedState 2010
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"It is well-documented that glyphosate promotes soil pathogens and is already implicated with the increase of more than 40 plant diseases; it dismantles plant defenses by chelating vital nutrients; and it reduces the bioavailability of nutrients in feed, which in turn can cause animal disorders," he wrote.
Roundup: Birth Defects Caused By World's Top-Selling Weedkiller, Scientists Say 2011
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So metabolism-first Shapiro writes about why "Many chemists, confronted with these difficulties, have fled the RNA-first hypothesis as if it were a building on fire." while RNA-first Orgel dismantles their alternative and then comments about "… solutions offered by supporters of geneticist or metabolist scenarios that are dependent on" if pigs could fly "hypothetical chemistry …".
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The backchannel dismantles the pedestal, and gives everyone equal access to the same information.
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But the moment we know she's in love – a single moment in which Lubitsch dismantles the entire vanity of communism – is when, many scenes later, alone in her room, she suddenly produces this elaborate and beautiful hat, and tries it on in the mirror.
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As Simpson's work systematically dismantles the unconscious features of stereotype before our eyes, we find voids of reason left in the place of the uprooted prejudice.
G. Roger Denson: Gender as Performance & Script: Reading the Art of Yvonne Rainer, Cindy Sherman, Sarah Charlesworth & Lorna Simpson After Eve Sedgwick & Judith Butler G. Roger Denson 2011
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NY Times dismantles web pay wall as its stock tumbles to new low
Woman surrenders herself over baby kidnapping in New York 2011
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Wonder how the Republican and Tea Party seniors will feel when the Republican party dismantles their social security and medicare.
Think Progress » McConnell Tries To Insist The GOP Isn’t Obstructionist: ‘It Is Simply Not True’ 2010
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