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Meaning of 'demolish' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Demolish [ v. t.]
- 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.

Meaning of 'demolish' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . demolish [ v]
Meaning (1):
- ruin or destroy
Example in sentence:
  • demolished my reputation;
  • his book demolishes an old myth;
  • the professor demolished the student's argument
Meaning (2):
- destroy completely
Example in sentence:
  • Fire had devoured our home;
  • The fire consumed the building;
  • the wrecking ball demolished the building;
  • we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis
Meaning (3):
- eat up completely, as with great appetite
Example in sentence:
  • Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal;
  • The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them
Meaning (4):
- defeat soundly and humiliatingly
Example in sentence:
  • The home team demolished the visitors

Nearby Words:

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