demolish
11demolish — [16] To demolish something is etymologically to ‘deconstruct’ it. The word comes from demoliss , the stem of Old French demolir, which in turn came from Latin dēmōlīrī ‘throw down, demolish’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē ,… …
12demolish — verb Demolish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑argument, ↑building, ↑garage, ↑house, ↑myth, ↑slum, ↑wall …
13demolish — de|mol|ish [dıˈmɔlıʃ US dıˈma: ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: demolir, from Latin moliri to build ] 1.) to completely destroy a building ▪ The entire east wing of the building was demolished in the fire. 2.) to prove that an idea …
14demolish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle French demoliss , stem of demolir, from Latin demoliri, from de + moliri to construct, from moles mass more at mole Date: 1570 1. a. tear down, raze b. to break to pieces …
15demolish — demolisher, n. demolishment, n. /di mol ish/, v.t. 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… …
16demolish — verb /dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/ To destroy; to destruct They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses …
17demolish — Synonyms and related words: annihilate, answer, answer conclusively, argue down, atomize, break, break into pieces, break to pieces, break up, burst, cleave, confound, confute, contradict, controvert, crack, crash, crunch, crush, cut to pieces,… …
18Demolish — eat or drink greedily …
19demolish — Australian Slang eat or drink greedily …
20demolish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v.t. raze, level, ruin, wreck, destroy, wipe out. See destruction, confutation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. destroy, wreck, devastate, obliterate; see destroy 1 , raze . See Synonym Study at destroy . III… …
