Dismantle and Leave

Dismantle

Dismantle verb - To take apart.

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Leave and dismantle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Leave" instead a verb "Dismantle".

Leave verb - To cause to remain behind.

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Dismantle and leave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Dismantle" instead a verb "Leave".

Nearby Words: leaving, leaven, leaved, leaver

family	dismantle family	leave family
system	dismantle system	leave system
team	dismantle team	leave team
house	dismantle house	leave house
Other words: universe, world, tower, door, evidence.

You'd think that after a war this horrific they would completely dismantle the Soviet communist state structure, but unstead they leave it completely intact albeit under a nominal puppet ruler, and allow it to form a new ComIntern of sorts (called the "World Socialist Alliance" in the game manual).

Source: Idiot Ball / Video Games
Control decks focus on defense foremost and use card-removal effects to dismantle combos — if a Control deck removes one part of a three-card combo, it cripples the whole combo, while removing one of three Aggro deck cards will leave the other two to continue attacking.

Source: Poor, Predictable Rock
There's an old story told at Renaissance Faires that puzzle rings used to be given as engagement and/or wedding rings, and that when a bride no longer wanted to be married to her husband, she would dismantle the interlocking rings and leave the undone ring for him to find.

Source: Returning the Wedding Ring

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