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demolish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | destroy |
| Type of | get the better of, defeat, overcome |
| Has types | cut to ribbons, smash, swallow |
| Derivation | demolition |
The home team demolished the visitors.
demolish::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | consume, devour, down, go through |
| Type of | finish, eat up, polish off |
The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them.
Examples of demolish
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The All Blacks will expect to demolish Canada in Wellington on Sunday afternoon.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Good on you Scott for taking the time to demolish the crazy article in question.
From the books.scoop.co.nz
Now they're built so cheaply they just demolish themselves when they catch fire.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
The easy thing to do would be to demolish the projects and relocate the tenants.
From the denverpost.com
The Taliban used dozens of explosives to demolish the Buddha statues in Bamiyan.
From the news.aol.com
A moment to breathe, finally, which I used to demolish some more Shepherd's Pie.
From the goal.blogs.nytimes.com
The groups can't demolish a heavily damaged house without the owners'permission.
From the stltoday.com
At some point since, Capstone made a decision to demolish the older South Plant.
From the stltoday.com
The strong running game and hard-hitting defense are going to demolish Gateway.
From the post-gazette.com
- Destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
- Crush: humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
- Defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
- (demolished) torn down and broken up
- (demolishing) razing: complete destruction of a building
- Demolition is the tearing-down of buildings and other structures, the opposite of construction. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for re-use.
- To destroy; to destruct
- A heritage item or a building work, relic, tree or place within a heritage conservation area means wholly or partly destroy or dismantle the heritage item or building, work, tree or place.
- Damage dealt by this character?s attack ignores adjacent enemies? Damage Reduction.
