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Dismantle vs Preclude - What's the difference?

dismantle | preclude |

In lang=en terms the difference between dismantle and preclude

is that dismantle is to take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces while preclude is remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).

As verbs the difference between dismantle and preclude

is that dismantle is (originally) to divest, strip of dress or covering while preclude is remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).

dismantle

English

Verb

(dismantl)
  • (originally) To divest, strip of dress or covering.
  • To remove fittings or furnishings from.
  • To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-05-17
  • , author=George Monbiot, authorlink=George Monbiot , title=Money just makes the rich suffer , volume=188, issue=23, page=19 , magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) citation , passage=In order to grant the rich these pleasures, the social contract is reconfigured. The welfare state is dismantled . Essential public services are cut so that the rich may pay less tax. […]}}

    Derived terms

    * dismantlement

    References

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    preclude

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (obsolete)

    Verb

    (preclud)
  • Remove the possibility of; (l); prevent or exclude; to make (l).
  • It has been raining for days, but that doesn’t preclude the possibility that the skies will clear by this afternoon!
  • * {{quote-web
  • , date = 2013-08-09 , author = Douglas Main , title = Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation , site = livescience , url = http://www.livescience.com/38796-israel-outlaws-water-fluoridation.html , accessdate = 2013-09-30 }}
    Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

    Derived terms

    * precludable * preclusion * preclusive * preclusively