demolish
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
demolish (demolishes, present participle demolishing; past and past participle demolished)
- To destroy.
- They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.
- (transitive, figuratively) To defeat or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
- 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope (page 68)
- The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.'
'And very nice too,' said the tramp. 'Now as to breakfast?'
- The Captain folded his brow into a look of intense perplexity. 'You seem exceedingly spry for a man who demolished an entire bottle of brandy and better part of an ounce of shag in a single evening.'
- 1992, Robert Rankin, The Antipope (page 68)
- See also Thesaurus:destroy
- French: démolir
- German: abreißen, niederreißen
- Italian: demolire
- Portuguese: demolir
- Russian: разруша́ть
- Spanish: demoler
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