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单词 demolishment
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demolishmentn.

Brit. /dᵻˈmɒlᵻʃm(ə)nt/, U.S. /dəˈmɑlɪʃm(ə)nt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: demolish v., -ment suffix.
Etymology: < demolish v. + -ment suffix. Compare Middle French desmoliment , démolissement (14th cent.). Compare earlier demolishing n., demolition n.
1. = demolition n. 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > demolition
subversiona1382
razinga1400
racing?a1450
beating down1530
rasing1552
demolishing1560
plucking1560
demolitiona1572
downpulling1581
demolishment1602
slighting1640
wreck1711
wrecking1775
wreckage1837
train-wrecking1872
unbuilding1879
demo1945
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc.
fallOE
confusionc1290
subversiona1325
overthrowingc1330
overturninga1398
downcasta1400
wrackc1400
downcastingc1425
eversionc1425
profligationc1475
demolitionc1550
overturec1555
wreck1577
overturnc1592
racking?1689
upsetting1827
subversal1843
demolishment1884
1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law ii. 51 Waste may bee committed in the decay or demolishment of an house.
1652 T. Wilkes To Parl. Common-wealth Eng. 4 The demolishment of all the Cathedrals.
1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. i. 312 The Demolishment of fifty of their strongest Cities.
1848 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 522/2 The total demolishment of thrones, the levelling of all ranks, the abolition of all religions, and the partition of property, were the themes in which he revelled.
1884 Bookseller 6 Nov. 1190 b/2 The author has succeeded in the complete demolishment of Messrs. Darwin, Huxley and Co.
1916 Cosmopolitan June 131/1 Vice-President Wead, still panting from his demolishment of bony Bradley, but hale in his triumph.
1969 L. Carter Young Magicians (1971) 272 Will you join me in the demolishment of this haunch of meat?
2011 Legacy (Nexis) Jan. 127 No hint of your sickness should reach the health authorities, for that would certainly mean the demolishment of our home.
2. In plural. The remains of a demolished building; = demolition n. 2. Now rare.in demolishments: in ruins (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > condition of matter > bad condition of matter > [noun] > dilapidated or ruinous condition > that which is dilapidated or ruinous
ruinosity1453
ruins1544
demolitions1608
demolishments1628
demolishings1632
rumble1866
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. c. sig. Cc2v If no man should repaire the breaches, how soone would all lye flatted in Demolishments?
1670 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. & Reflexions upon Psalms in Coll. Tracts (1727) 372 To repair those breaches and demolishments.
1743 S. A. Lavan tr. Edict Nantz in Compend. Hist. Reformation France IV. i. 241 The Ruins and Demolishments that have been made in Cities and Towns during the Troubles, may be rebuilt and repair'd with our Leave, by the Inhabitants.
1833 Sat. Mag. 2 Mar. 83/2 If none were to repair the breaches, how soon would all lie levelled in demolishments?
1938 W. Notestein Eng. Folk 295 Along some of the streets of Berkeley stood only ruins of old houses, demolishments of the Wars of the Roses.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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