to demolish a building

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• Building implosion — is a term in use in the controlled demolition industry. It refers to strategically placing explosive material and timing its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds minimizing the physical damage to its immediate …   Wikipedia

• 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 — [di mäl′ish] vt. [< extended stem of Fr démolir < L demoliri, to pull down, destroy < de , down + moliri, to build, construct < moles, a mass: see MOLE3] 1. to pull down, tear down, or smash to pieces (a building, etc.) 2. to destroy; …   English World dictionary

• building — n. 1) to build, erect, put up; renovate a building 2) to demolish, raze, tear down a building 3) to gut a building (fire gutted the building) 4) a dilapidated, gutted, ramshackle, tumbledown; low; tall building 5) an apartment (AE); public… …   Combinatory 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 */ — 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 — 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 …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• building — noun 1 house, church, school, etc. ADJECTIVE ▪ big, high rise, huge, large, massive, tall, towering ▪ low, low rise …   Collocations dictionary

• demolish — verb Demolish is used with these nouns as the object: ↑argument, ↑building, ↑garage, ↑house, ↑myth, ↑slum, ↑wall …   Collocations dictionary

• demolish — de|mol|ish [ dı malıʃ ] verb transitive * 1. ) to deliberately destroy a building: Former factories were being demolished, and the whole site redeveloped. a ) to destroy a building or other structure by accident: The truck hit a wall at high… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• demolish — 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… …   Universalium