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demolisher|dɪˈmɒlɪʃə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1: cf. F. démolisseur (1547 in Hatzf.).]
One who demolishes.
1615Crooke Body of Man 247 Melancholy that enemy of the light and demolisher of the principles of life it selfe. 1732Berkeley Alciphr. v. §25 Whatever merit this writer may have as a demolisher, I always thought he had very little as a builder. 1798W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. V. 354 The demolishers of the Bastille. 1827Scott Napoleon Introd., Collot d'Herbois, the demolisher of Lyons. |