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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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Demolishment

De*mol"ish*ment\, n. Demolition.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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