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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.
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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de·mol·ish   (dĭ-mŏl'ĭsh)   
tr.v.   de·mol·ished, de·mol·ish·ing, de·mol·ish·es

  1. To tear down completely; raze.

  2. To do away with completely; put an end to.

  3. To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely. See Synonyms at ruin.


[French démolir, démoliss-, from Latin dēmōlīrī : dē-, de- + mōlīrī, to build (from mōlēs, mass).]
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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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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