Dismount

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1. Verb

To come down; to descend.

2. Verb

To alight from a horse; to descend or get off, as a rider from his beast; as, the troops dismounted.

3. Verb

To throw or bring down from an elevation, place of honor and authority, or the like.

4. Verb

To throw or remove from a horse; to unhorse; as, the soldier dismounted his adversary.

5. Verb

To take down, or apart, as a machine.

6. Verb

To throw or remove from the carriage, or from that on which a thing is mounted; to break the carriage or wheels of, and render useless; to deprive of equipments or mountings; -- said esp. of artillery.

7. Noun

the act of dismounting (a horse or bike etc.)
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