Actions

Synonyms for dismantling

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 5, SummitActions

the act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery)

Russia and the United States discussed the dismantling of their nuclear weapons.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

disassembly

Same sentence, swapped: Russia and the United States discussed the disassembly of their nuclear weapons.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for dismantling as it is used in the sentence above.

assembly
variance
continuance

Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other actions words at Summit, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

downturnnoundownswinga worsening of business or economic activitySummit dutifuladjectiveduteouswillingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respectSummit elevationnounaggrandizementthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of somethingSummitHas a reason line mismanagementnounmisdirectionmanagement that is careless or inefficientHigh CampHas a reason line mistakenounfaulta wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattentionFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line mixingnounmixturethe act of mixing togetherTreelineHas a reason line breadthnounlargenessthe capacity to understand a broad range of topicsSummitHas a reason line breatheverbrespiredraw air into, and expel out of, the lungsSummitHas a reason line

One word a day, five rungs, and a reason under every answer

Synonym Stack plays from this exact library. The daily stack climbs from tier one to tier five, and every answer tells you what the word means and why the near miss missed.

Get Synonym Stack freeFree with ads on iPhone. Synonym Stack Plus removes them: $2.99 a week, $5.99 a month or $49.99 a year, with a 7 day free trial on the monthly and annual plans.