The meaning of Demolish

Demolish – definition

verb
Pull or knock down (a building).
Usage examples:
The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre
Synonims:
Knock down Pull down Tear down Bring down Destroy Flatten Raze Raze to the ground Level Reduce to ruins Bulldoze Break up Topple Blow up Blow to bits/pieces Obliterate Annihilate Wipe off the

verb
To completely destroy buildings or other structures
Usage examples:
Most of the town was demolished by the tornado., they demolished the old school to build a new one.

Demolish translation into English

Demolish: translate from English into Chinese

拆除, 爆破, 拆毁, 拆, 捣毁, 残

Demolish: translate from English into Dutch

Slopen, Vernietigen, Afbreken, Omverwerpen, Afgeven op, Afkammen

Demolish: translate from English into French

Démolir, Détruire, Abattre, Démanteler, Anéantir, Liquider, Dévorer, Démentir

Demolish: translate from English into German

Zerstören, Abreißen, Niederreißen, Abbrechen, Vertilgen, Verdrücken, Verputzen

Demolish: translate from English into Hindi

ध्वस्त, गिराना, ध्वस्त करना, बरबाद कर देना, समाप्त करना, तबाह कर देना, नाश करना, ढाना, निगाल जाना, नष्ट करना, बरबाद करना, तबाह करना, धूल में मिलाना, तो़हना, धराशायी करना

Demolish: translate from English into Italian

Demolire, Abbattere, Smontare, Rovinare

Demolish: translate from English into Korean

헐다, 모조리 먹어 치우다, 파괴하다

Demolish: translate from English into Russian

Разрушать, Сносить, Уничтожать, Разбивать, Опровергать, Съедать, Обрушивать

Demolish: translate from English into Spanish

Demoler, Derribar, Destruir, Abatir, Devorar, Zamparse, Aterrar

Word origin

mid 16th century: from French démoliss-, lengthened stem of démolir, from Latin demoliri, from de- (expressing reversal) + moliri ‘construct’ (from moles ‘mass’).

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Demolish – similar words

demolishing

verb
Pull or knock down (a building).
Usage examples:
The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb
Present participle of demolish
Usage examples:
A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built., he completely demolishe…

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demolishes

verb
Pull or knock down (a building).
Usage examples:
The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb
To completely destroy buildings or other structures
Usage examples:
Most of the town was demolished by the tornado., they demolished the old school to build a new one.

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demolished

verb
Pull or knock down (a building).
Usage examples:
The house was demolished to make way for the shopping centre

verb
Past simple and past participle of demolish
Usage examples:
A number of houses were demolished so that the supermarket could be built., he completely demolishe…

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Demolish synonims

annihilate

verb
Destroy utterly; obliterate.
Usage examples:
A simple bomb of this type could annihilate them all

verb
To destroy completely, leaving nothing
Usage examples:
The approaching tornado was annihilating everything in its path., the annihilation of smallpox is a…

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Blow Up

phrasal verb
Explode.
Usage examples:
The car blew up as soon as it hit the wall

phrasal verb
Lose one's temper.
Usage examples:
Mum had blown up at dad with more than her usual vehemence

phrasal verb
Inflate.
Usage examples:
My stomach had started to blow up

All meanings and translations of Blow up

break up

phrasal verb
Break or cause to break into pieces

phrasal verb
(of a telephone conversation) to become impossible to understand because the connection is not strong enough
Usage examples:
He was on the subway when he called and started to break up before i could answer., the company has…

phrasal verb
To divide, or to divide something, into smaller parts
Usage examples:
The company has been broken up and sold off., manufacturing ceased at the factory when the original…

All meanings and translations of Break up

bulldoze

verb
Clear (ground) or destroy (buildings, trees, etc.) with a bulldozer.
Usage examples:
Developers are bulldozing the site

All meanings and translations of Bulldoze

destroy

verb
End the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it.
Usage examples:
The room had been destroyed by fire

verb
To damage something, esp. in a violent way, so that it can no longer be used or no longer exists
Usage examples:
You can use a shredder to destroy old bank statements., losing his job seemed to completely destroy…

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flatten

verb
Make or become flat or flatter.
Usage examples:
Her hair had been flattened by the storm

verb
Make flat or flatter

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knock down

idiom
Cause to come or go down

phrasal verb
Demolish a building or other structure.
Usage examples:
The closely packed houses were knocked down

phrasal verb
(especially of a vehicle) strike or collide with someone so as to cause them to fall to the ground.
Usage examples:
I was nearly knocked down by a bus

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level

noun
A horizontal plane or line with respect to the distance above or below a given point.
Usage examples:
The front garden is on a level with this floor

adjective
Having a flat, horizontal surface.
Usage examples:
We had reached level ground

verb
Give a flat and even surface to.
Usage examples:
Contractors started levelling the ground for the new power station

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obliterate

verb
Destroy utterly; wipe out.
Usage examples:
The memory was so painful that he obliterated it from his mind

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pull down

idiom
Cause to come or go down

phrasal verb
Demolish a building.
Usage examples:
The house was pulled down and the site redeveloped

phrasal verb
Earn a specified sum of money.
Usage examples:
He was pulling down sixty grand a year

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raze

verb
Completely destroy (a building, town, or other settlement).
Usage examples:
Villages were razed to the ground

verb
To destroy a building, structure, etc. completely
Usage examples:
Developers razed the old buildings on the site to make way for new construction.

All meanings and translations of Raze

topple

verb
Overbalance or cause to overbalance and fall.
Usage examples:
She toppled over when i touched her

verb
To lean forward and fall
Usage examples:
[ t ] a large tree was toppled by the wind., [ t ] the government toppled after several large publi…

verb
To remove a person or organization from a position of power
Usage examples:
This was a secret bid to topple the chairman and take his job., their aim was to topple the superma…

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