demolisher

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de⋅mol⋅ish

[di-mol-ish]

–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.

Origin:
1560–70; < MF démoliss-, s. of démolir < L dēmōlīrī to destroy, equiv. to dē- de- + mōlīrī to set in motion, struggle (mōl(ēs) mass, bulk + -īrī inf. suffix)

Related forms:

de⋅mol⋅ish⋅er, noun

de⋅mol⋅ish⋅ment, noun

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

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Word Origin & History

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."

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