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[dih-mol-ish]

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verb (used with object)

to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), especially on purpose; tear down; raze.

to put an end to; destroy; explode: The results of his research demolished many theories.

to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.

Informal. to devour completely: We simply demolished that turkey.

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Origin:
1560–70; < Middle French démoliss-, stem of démolir < Latin dēmōlīrī to destroy, equivalent to dē- de- + mōlīrī to set in motion, struggle (mōl(ēs) mass, bulk + -īrī infinitive suffix)

Related forms

de·mol·ish·er, noun

de·mol·ish·ment, noun

half-de·mol·ished, adjective

un·de·mol·ished, adjective

Synonyms
1. level, wreck, bulldoze. See destroy.

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Preservationists had fought a plan to demolish the building, according to the article.

Its easier to demolish seats then to change a trade tariff.

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Basically, they would demolish the underlying strategy of the original act.

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World English Dictionary

demolish (dɪˈmɒlɪʃ)

—vb
1.	to tear down or break up (buildings, etc)
2.	to destroy; put an end to (an argument, etc)
3.	facetious to eat up: she demolished the whole cake!

[C16: from French démolir, from Latin dēmōlīrī to throw down, destroy, from de- + mōlīrī to strive, toil, construct, from mōles mass, bulk]

de'molisher

—n

de'molishment

—n

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Word Origin & History

demolish

1560s, from M.Fr. demoliss-, stem of demolir "to destroy, tear down" (late 14c.), from L. demoliri "tear down," from de- "down" + moliri "build, construct," from moles (gen. molis) "massive structure."

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