destroy vs dismantle

destroy

verb
  • To remove data. 

  • To sing a song poorly. 

  • To put down or euthanize. 

  • To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up. 

  • To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way. 

  • To damage beyond use or repair. 

  • To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin. 

  • To defeat soundly. 

  • To neutralize, undo a property or condition. 

dismantle

verb
  • To remove fittings or furnishings from. 

  • To divest, strip of dress or covering. 

  • To take apart; to disassemble; to take to pieces. 

How often have the words destroy and dismantle occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )