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to get off or to cause to get off something (She carefully dismounted (from) the horse. • Cadel Evans was the first to suffer, quickly dismounting and waiting to take a bike from one of his BMC Racing team-mates, only to discover that the first of them had also punctured.  wiktionary.org); to get off a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle (We dismounted to view this most interesting monument of sacred history. • Ease of mounting and dismounting from the wheelchair needs further work. cambridge.org); to get down from a horse or other steed (thefreedictionary.com); to step off or down from (The kid nearly collapsed after dismounting his bike. thefreedictionary.com); to alight from an elevated position (as on a horse; also : to get out of an enclosed craft or vehicle: A machine gunner was ordered to dismount and search for prisoners. merriam-webster.com); to get off a horse, bicycle, or motorcycle (ldoceonline.com); to take something, especially a gun, out of its base or support (ldoceonline.com); get off a horse, bicycle, or anything that one is riding (After reaching the bank, Weatherford dismounted, checked his horse for injuries and rode away, unharmed. • We cover mounting and dismounting and controlling the horse using the reins. • I most certainly do not need help dismounting from a horse. • ‘She did, but I left her back in Cedars Crossing,’ he replied dismounting from his horse and speaking in a low tone. • The stable was finally within only a few yards and he reluctantly slowed his horse in preparation for dismounting. • He had trouble dismounting, putting the horse and equipment away, and then driving home. • We all reined in our horses, and Rowen dismounted. • Both riders reined in their horses and dismounted. • He dismounted and led his horse a few steps closer. • Jas immediately caught his horse, and Katie dismounted quickly. • He dismounts the bike and it extrudes its kickstand. • We pulled up to our first stop and dismounted our vehicles. • His team leader and his driver dismounted the vehicle and got on the opposite side of the vehicle, which was Mike's side of the vehicle. • We paused next to a clump of cactus, dismounted the camels, waited in vain for the small children. • The plane landed and we began to dismount the plane. • If this is happens to you, dismount your bike and walk through the area to avoid the risk of falls. • As Hecksel pulls in behind it, he dismounts the patrol car and again draws. • We dismounted the truck and headed into the door. • As he dismounted the carriage, Brecht surveyed the grounds. • He quoted a recent incident in which a person who used an elbow crutch was hurt while dismounting a bus and now had to use two crutches. lexico.com) |
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make a disk or disk drive unavailable for use (Chkdsk requires that you reboot your computer so that the hard drive can be dismounted from the operating system. • For example, you may want to dismount but not delete a disk service before you back it up. • The operator tried to dismount the unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT command. lexico.com); to make a mounted drive unavailable for use (synonym: unmount: The VMS operator tried to dismount the Unix hard drive with the DISMOUNT DISK$NFSMOUNT command, instead of umount /mnt/nfshome. • From time to time, the second volume dismounts and the drive shuts down. wiktionary.org) |
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to throw cannon off their carriages (wiktionary.org) |
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to come down, to descend (But now the bright sun ginneth to dismount. wiktionary.org) |
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remove something from its support (We have to dismount the pump • Because the unit sits within the wheel hub, there is no chance of damaging it when mounting or dismounting a tire, a potential problem with wheel-mounted tire pressure monitoring units. • Mounting and dismounting a bulky snow blade is difficult at best. • These are small but necessary details required when dismounting these weapons systems. • Staking it into place lakes only a moment and will also prevent inadvertent loss of the link and pin while the barrel is dismounted from the gun. • The interviews revealed only one incident when the crew dismounted the system. • Doors and windows can be repositioned as required and the entire unit can be dismounted and moved to another site. • Shut down equipment, turn off the engine, remove key and wait for moving parts to stop before dismounting equipment. • The LRAS3 also has the capability of being dismounted on a tripod and powered by batteries. • The VA does not hinder the radio from being dismounted and operated ‘jerk and run’ style as a handheld radio. • Scouts are able to dismount all of the surveillance equipment from the vehicle for use in an observation post or for training. • To truly learn the value of a sword, it must be dismounted and the nakago or tang inspected. • The missile and sights can be dismounted and used with the tripod if necessary. • These bags have to be either full or empty when hauled and cannot be easily dismounted and recovered. lexico.com) |
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dismount transitive, with object ['dɪs'maunt] v | |
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to unseat or throw off, as from a horse (v.tr. thefreedictionary.com); to throw down or remove from a mount or an elevated position (especially : unhorse (someone) merriam-webster.com); cause to fall off a horse, bicycle, etc. (His escort had dismounted a trooper. • Cody, too, is dismounted; his horse, having stumbled in a hole, is shown rearing, perhaps owing to the rattle of gunfire. • Also, so many troops have been dismounted and sent on daily patrols that they had to do something. • Along the way, as you know, we've had a lot of rain here over those days, a number of the trucks got stuck in quagmires because they were going off road to get there, had to dismount some soldiers. • Using dismounts requires little more than stopping short of restrictive terrain or a templated enemy location, dropping the ramp, and dismounting your scouts. • A barbarian on cavalry tried to stab him with a spear but with no avail, Stephanus grabbed the spear dismounting the rider. • The first team to dismount one of the opposing team's penguins with a jousting lance is declared the winner. lexico.com) |
