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Demolition
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de⋅mol⋅ish
[di-mol-ish] 
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–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), esp. on purpose; tear down; raze. |
| 2. | to put an end to; destroy; explode: The results of his research demolished many theories. |
| 3. | to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area. |
| 4. | Informal. to devour completely: We simply demolished that turkey. |
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| de·mol·ish (dĭ-mŏl'ĭsh) tr.v. de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es
[French démolir, démoliss-, from Latin dēmōlīrī : dē-, de- + mōlīrī, to build (from mōlēs, mass).] |
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Demolish
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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Language Translation for : demolish
Spanish:
demolir,
German:
abreißen,
Japanese:
取り壊す
demolish
1570, from M.Fr. demoliss-, stem of demolir "to destroy, tear down" (1383), from L. demoliri "tear down," from de- "down" + moliri "build, construct," from moles (gen. molis) "massive structure." Demolition is from 1549; demolition derby is 1956, Amer.Eng., defined by OED as "a contest in which old cars are battered into one another, the last one running being declared the winner."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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