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[di'moliʃ](to pull or tear down: They're demolishing the old buildings in the centre of town.) sagraut; nojaukt; demolēt* * *nojaukt, sagraut; apgāzt, atspēkot; apēst, aprīt
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demolish — ► VERB 1) pull or knock down (a building). 2) comprehensively refute or defeat. 3) humorous eat up (food) quickly. ORIGIN Latin demoliri, from moliri construct … English terms dictionary
demolish — verb Demolish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑argument, ↑building, ↑garage, ↑house, ↑myth, ↑slum, ↑wall … Collocations dictionary
demolish — verb /dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/ To destroy; to destruct They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses … Wiktionary
demolish — verb (T) 1 to completely destroy a building, especially so that the land it is on can be used for something else: Several houses were demolished to make way for the new road. 2 to prove that an idea or opinion is completely wrong: He demolished… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
demolish — verb 1) they demolished the building Syn: knock down, pull down, tear down, bring down, destroy, flatten, raze (to the ground), level, bulldoze, topple; blow up; dismantle, disassemble See note at destroy … Thesaurus of popular words
demolish — verb 1) they demolished a block of flats Syn: knock down, pull down, tear down, destroy, flatten, raze to the ground, dismantle, level, bulldoze, blow up 2) he demolished her credibility Syn … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
demolish — [[t]dɪmɒ̱lɪʃ[/t]] demolishes, demolishing, demolished 1) VERB To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely. [V n] A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets... [V n] The building… … English dictionary
demolish — [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 ,… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
demolish */ — UK [dɪˈmɒlɪʃ] / US [dɪˈmɑlɪʃ] verb [transitive] Word forms demolish : present tense I/you/we/they demolish he/she/it demolishes present participle demolishing past tense demolished past participle demolished 1) a) to deliberately destroy a… … English dictionary
demolish — [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 ,… … Word origins
demolish — 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 … New Collegiate Dictionary