English → Latin
“dismantle” in Latin
nūdōto strip, bare, nake, make naked; to leave exposed, leave defenseless; to spoil, plunderdēnūdōto denude (lay bare); to uncover; to plunderretegōto uncover, bare; to open, reveal, discloseaperiōto uncover, make or lay bare, reveal, clear; to make visible, discover, show, reveal, lay open; to unclose, open, break prīvōto bereave, deprive, rob or strip of something; to free, set apart, release, deliver from something, relieve ofspoliōto strip, deprive or rob of covering or clothing, uncover, bare, unclothe; to strip, deprive or rob of arms or equipmentadaequōto make equal to, equalize, level with; to attain to, reach by equalling; to compare to or withmoeniacity walls, town walls, defensive walls, fortifications, ramparts, bulwarks; in general: walls, enclosure
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
dismantle
To strip, nudare (PROP. and IMPROP.): denudare: retegere: aperire (PROP., to make bare): privare: spoliare (to bereave).
To demolish the works of a town, castrum diruere: munimenta oppidi solo aequare or adaequare; disjicere or a fundamentis disjicere (e.g., moenia, munitiones, Caes., Liv.; not Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for dismantle?
- The usual Latin words for “dismantle” are nūdō, dēnūdō, retegō; also aperiō, prīvō, spoliō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.