What does demolish mean?
Definitions for demolish
dɪˈmɒl ɪʃde·mol·ish
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word demolish.
Princeton's WordNet
demolish, pulverize, pulveriseverb
destroy completely
"the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"
crush, smash, demolishverb
humiliate or depress completely
"She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"
demolish, destroyverb
defeat soundly
"The home team demolished the visitors"
Wiktionary
demolishverb
To destroy; to destruct
They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
demolishverb
To utterly defeat
Etymology: Attested since the 16th Century ; from demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir, from demolior.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To DEMOLISHverb
Etymology: demolir, French; demolior, Latin.
I expected the fabrick of my book would long since have been demolished, and laid even with the ground. John Tillotson, Pref.
Red lightning play’d along the firmament,
And their demolish’d works to pieces rent. John Dryden, Ovid.
Wikipedia
demolish
Demolition (also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking) is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes. For small buildings, such as houses, that are only two or three stories high, demolition is a rather simple process. The building is pulled down either manually or mechanically using large hydraulic equipment: elevated work platforms, cranes, excavators or bulldozers. Larger buildings may require the use of a wrecking ball, a heavy weight on a cable that is swung by a crane into the side of the buildings. Wrecking balls are especially effective against masonry, but are less easily controlled and often less efficient than other methods. Newer methods may use rotational hydraulic shears and silenced rock-breakers attached to excavators to cut or break through wood, steel, and concrete. The use of shears is especially common when flame cutting would be dangerous. The tallest planned demolition of a building was the 52-storey 270 Park Avenue in New York City, which was built in 1960 and torn down in 2019–2021 to be replaced by 270 Park Avenue.
ChatGPT
demolish
To demolish means to completely destroy or tear down a structure, building, or object. It may also refer to disproving or debunking a theory or argument. It is an act of causing significant damage or obliteration.
Webster Dictionary
Demolishverb
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Demolish
de-mol′ish, v.t. to destroy, lay in ruins, to ruin.—n. Demoli′tion, act of pulling down: ruin. [Fr. démolir—L. demolīri, to throw down—de, down, and molīri, to build—moles, a heap.]
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'demolish' in Verbs Frequency: #1094
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of demolish in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of demolish in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of demolish in a Sentence
If the door to the place you intend to morally enter is shut, knock, if it doesn't open, demolish the door. As soon as possible.
If you say the airport will be closed in six months, why demolish homes that have been there for five years? we're convinced there is another reason that people cannot say.
Rainbow Alliance co-president Renata Francesco:
We’re not going to partner with an institution, a corporation that has so strongly supported other institutions that work to destabilize and demolish movements for queer equity.
They can tell this government that this modus operandi doesn’t work. You can’t keep pushing Palestinians like that. You can’t have more than 30 Palestinians killed in less than a month [as has happened in January]. You can’t demolish homes – that will expel families – and [impose] collective punishment measures, it won’t be long before Palestinians say, ‘You know what, we have to also organize and defend ourselves … nobody’s there to help us. So we’re going to do it ourselves.’ When you get there, nobody can put a lid on that.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
We are allowing our forces to take strong action against those who throw rocks and firebombs, the police are going deeply into the Arab neighborhoods, which has not been done in the past. We will demolish terrorists' homes.
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- събарям, разрушавамBulgarian
- bouratCzech
- niederreißen, abreißenGerman
- demolerSpanish
- lammutamaEstonian
- hajottaa, tuhotaFinnish
- démolirFrench
- dì-làraichScottish Gaelic
- הרסHebrew
- bont, [[le]][[dönt]]Hungarian
- hancur leburIndonesian
- demolireItalian
- ڕوخاندنKurdish
- dēmōliorLatin
- tukitukiMāori
- slopenDutch
- demolirPortuguese
- dărâmaRomanian
- разру́шить, сноси́ть, разруша́ть, снести́Russian
- dërmoj, prishAlbanian
- yikmakTurkish
- phá hủyVietnamese
- 拆除Chinese
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