dismantling
Example Sentences
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He finished fifth in both previous attempts - sustaining two major setbacks in the previous edition in 2018: a collision with a fishing boat and a dismasting.
From Washington Times • Jun. 16, 2023
A storm, however, hit the fleet in the Gulf Stream, dismasting 10 boats�still a record.
From Time Magazine Archive
Only by a miracle and the stoutest of standing gear had she escaped dismasting.
From Poor Man's Rock by Johnson, Frank Tenney
On October 20, 1882, a typhoon drove 11 ships and one steamer ashore from their anchorage, besides dismasting another and causing three more to collide.
From The Philippine Islands by Foreman, John
The French had been so thoroughly bent on dismasting the Black Prince, that they paid little attention to the Speedy; that ship actually passing a short distance to windward of her consort, unnoticed and unharmed.
From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by Cooper, James Fenimore
