Question

Read the following passage from the article, “Wonderful Things” from the October 2013 issue of Calliope magazine.

Three days later, they found 16 stone steps leading down to a blocked and sealed doorway…Carter dismantled the doorway, and emptied the corridor behind it.
Based on the context of the passage, what does the word dismantled most likely mean?

took apart
destroyed
remade
blew up

Answer 1

I'm going to agree with took apart

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

took apart

Step-by-step explanation:

Note, the term "dismantled" in this context can best be described as taking apart the doorway. In other words, he took apart the doorway so he could "emptied the corridor behind it."