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Demolish

Demolish Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Demolish? [v] defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors" [v] destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand" [v] humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Demolish: crush \| destroy \| pulverise \| pulverize Related Terms \| Find terms related to Demolish: annihilate \| answer \| answer conclusively \| argue down \| atomize \| break \| break into pieces \| break to pieces \| break up \| burst \| cleave \| confound \| confute \| contradict \| controvert \| crack \| crash \| crunch \| crush \| cut to pieces \| decimate \| defeat \| deny \| destroy \| devastate \| diffuse \| dilapidate \| disassemble \| disintegrate \| dismantle \| dismiss \| dismount \| disperse \| dispose of \| disprove \| disrupt \| end \| finish \| fission \| floor \| fragment \| grind \| knock down \| level \| make mincemeat of \| mince \| nonplus \| overthrow \| overturn \| overwhelm \| parry \| pick to pieces \| pull down \| pull in pieces \| pull to pieces \| pulverize \| put to silence \| quash \| raze \| rebut \| reduce to rubble \| reduce to silence \| refute \| rend \| ruin \| scatter \| settle \| shatter \| shiver \| shut up \| silence \| smash \| smash all opposition \| smash up \| splinter \| split \| squash \| squelch \| squish \| subvert \| sunder \| suppress \| take apart \| take down \| tear apart \| tear down \| tear to pieces \| tear to shreds \| tear to tatters \| terminate \| topple \| total \| unbuild \| undermine \| undo \| unmake \| upset \| wrack \| wrack up \| wreck See Also \| abase \| chagrin \| cut to ribbons \| defeat \| destroy \| destruct \| humble \| humiliate \| mortify \| overcome \| swallow Demolish In Webster's Dictionary \De*mol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demolished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demolishing}.] [F. d['e]molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de- + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See {Mole} a mound, and {Finish}.] To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall. I expected the fabric of my book would long since have been demolished, and laid even with the ground. --Tillotson. Syn: To {Demolish}, {Overturn}, {Destroy}, {Dismantle}, {Raze}. That is overturned or overthrown which had stood upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are scattered; that is demolished which had formed a mass or structure; that is dismantled which is stripped of its covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its bastions, etc.; that is razed which is brought down smooth, and level to the ground. An ancient pillar is overturned or overthrown as the result of decay; a city is destroyed by an invasion of its enemies; a monument, the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real or imaginary, may be demolished; a fortress may be dismantled from motives of prudence, in order to render it defenseless; a city may be razed by way of punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of vengeance.

Demolish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Demolish?

[v] defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"
[v] destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
[v] humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Demolish: crush | destroy | pulverise | pulverize

Demolish In Webster's Dictionary

\De*mol"ish\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demolished}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Demolishing}.] [F. d['e]molir, fr. L. demoliri, p.
p. demolitus; de- + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work,
construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See {Mole} a
mound, and {Finish}.]
To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to
pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a
wall.

      I expected the fabric of my book would long since have
      been demolished, and laid even with the ground.
                                               --Tillotson.

Syn: To {Demolish}, {Overturn}, {Destroy}, {Dismantle},
     {Raze}. That is overturned or overthrown which had stood
     upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are
     scattered; that is demolished which had formed a mass or
     structure; that is dismantled which is stripped of its
     covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its
     bastions, etc.; that is razed which is brought down
     smooth, and level to the ground. An ancient pillar is
     overturned or overthrown as the result of decay; a city
     is destroyed by an invasion of its enemies; a monument,
     the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real
     or imaginary, may be demolished; a fortress may be
     dismantled from motives of prudence, in order to render
     it defenseless; a city may be razed by way of
     punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of
     vengeance.

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