demolitionn.

Brit.

/ˌdɛməˈlɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən/,

/ˌdiməˈlɪʃən/

Forms: 1600s– demolition; Scottish pre-1700 demolitione, pre-1700 demolitioun.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French demolition; Latin dēmōlītiōn-, dēmōlītiō.

Etymology: < (i) Middle French demolition (French démolition ; compare Anglo-Norman demolition , demolicion ) defeat, action of destroying a physical structure (both 14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin dēmōlītiōn-, dēmōlītiō action of demolishing, in post-classical Latin also in figurative use (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < dēmōlīt- , past participial stem of dēmolīrī demolish v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish demolición (1644), Italian demolizione (a1619).

1. The action of demolishing or destroying something; an instance of this. Cf. demolish v.

a. The action of subverting, defeating, or refuting something or someone; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

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

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 145 There querellis tendit to the demolitione of the antiant public veil.

1634 P. Harris Fratres Sobrii Estote i. 24 The demolition of this so desperat an error.

1671 G. Thomson Μισοχυμὶας Ἔλεγχου 55 The debasement and demolition of the Noble Science of Physick.

1775 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 49 Such controversies frequently end in the demolition of those rights and privileges which they were instituted to defend.

1843 H. W. Herbert Marmaduke Wyvil xxxviii. 208 And what had been the consequence of all this crime and falsehood? what, but the very demolition of all his own hopes and prospects?

1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 230 The demolition of that Infamous in belief and in practice.

1909 Lancet 1 May 1227/2 Matthew Baillie's demolition of the doctrine of polypi may perhaps be regarded as the final step in the understanding of Harvey's discovery of the circulation.

1934 G. E. G. Catlin Pref. to Action iii. v. 294 Mr. Eliot's demolition of Professor Irving Babbitt and his followers..is a demolition deadly and thorough.

1991 P. Slater Dream Deferred ii. iv. 46 Military training as it is generally practiced requires the systematic demolition of democratic beliefs, values and practices.

b. The action of physically demolishing or destroying something; esp. the action or process of pulling or knocking down a building or other structure; the fact or state of being demolished. Also: an instance of this.

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

a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 75 The petitioun..anent the demolitioun of the fortificationis.

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xiv. 125 Before this demolition [L. antequam Alba dirueretur]..the people of Alba were all transported vnto Rome.

1657 W. Prynne Pendennis & All Other Standing Forts Dismantled 13 The total demolition and burning to the very ground, of sundry private Garrisons.

1713 J. Toland Dunkirk or Dover 17 The Demolition of Dunkirk.

1780 S. Johnson Let. 9 June (1992) III. 267 The outrages began by the demolition of the Mass house by Lincolns Inn.

1796 T. Jefferson Let. 19 Mar. in Papers (2002) XXIX. 36 I have begun the demolitions of my house, and hope to get through it's re-edification in the course of the summer.

1811 I. Mitchell Asylum I. Introd. p. xii To the knights errant the most absurd and improbable exploits and achievements were ascribed, such as the demolition of impregnable castles.

1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. v. 152 Its demolition was completed by an earthquake.

1898 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 7/3 Stack fires and the demolition of cottages owing to the thatch firing.

1964 Hist. Today Sept. 624/1 It was otherwise with the demolitions, of which every Corfiot was a spectator.

1995 Atlantic Oct. 46/1 Historic preservationists will likely oppose the demolition of many old buildings.

2004 Church Times 1 Oct. 14/1 St Luke's had a congregation of ten, and the church was due for demolition.

c. humorous. The consumption of food or drink; esp. the action of greedily or voraciously eating up a serving of food. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating heartily or greedily

mouching1607

engorgement1611

engorging1611

demolition1722

tucking in1810

brosier1907

1722 Comical Pilgrim 66 City Cuckolds and their Wives very often ride out of Town..to make a Demolition of Cakes and Ale.

1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iii. 37 The rapid demolition of the viands that had been prepared for the company.

1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xxxix. 146 She assiduously scraped from the edges of the plates, the scraps of butter that had escaped demolition, and wiped them back on the remains of the pat.

1879 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 530/2 Not all the fatigues of drill and camp-guard, however, could quite subdue the mettle of such pasture as was theirs, nor could the destructiveness of the company find adequate vent, in the demolition of chicken-fixings and deviled crabs.

1904 Irish Monthly June 315 He was absorbed in considering if, after the demolition of the second pie, he would start upon the puffs or the open tarts.

2004 M. E. Robins Petty Treason (2006) 77 Glebb engaged himself in the demolition of the pie before him.

d. Sport (chiefly British). A comprehensive or heavy defeat.

ΚΠ

1976 Newmarket Jrnl. 16 Dec. 48/5 His side's 5-1 demolition of Chatteris on Saturday.

1992 Rugby World & Post Mar. 42 Effective but boring was the non-English verdict on the 1991 Grand Slam, but that's out of the window after this stylish demolition.

2011 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 May 70 Barcelona's 5-0 demolition of Real Madrid earlier this season was the finest display of football he has ever seen.

2. In plural. The remains of a demolished building; ruins. Also figurative. Now rare.

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

1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron iii. i. sig. L3^v The demolitions, that this arme, Hath shaken out of forts and Citadells.

1639 F. B. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Coll. Mod. Epist. IV. 191 Out of their demolitions, Trophies might be erected.

c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 35 Being taken now foure or 5 days before, we had onely a sight of the demolitions [of the castle].

1668 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 734 All the breaches and demolitions they had made in his Church.

1730 Visct. Bolingbroke in Craftsman No. 222. 53 Thus was the present Constitution of our Government forming it self for above two Centuries and an half; a rough Building raised out of the Demolitions, which the Normans had made, and upon the solid Foundations laid by the Saxons.

1859 G. Hutchinson Narr. Mutinies in Oude 156 Sir Henry Lawrence walked round and viewed the demolitions.

1988 P. Armstrong Risings 27 He is moving in the dark tonight, is a hunched presence in the alleys, a quick shadow among demolitions.

Compounds

C1. General attributive (usually in sense 1b).

a. In singular, as demolition expert, demolition site, demolition work, etc.

ΚΠ

1845 Q. Papers Engin. 4 66 The demolition men at the sluice.

1895 Rep. Tenement House Comm. (N.Y.) 369 The concurrent demolition work of the municipal improvement scheme.

1935 A. McArthur & H. Kingsley Long No Mean City ix. 115 Wilson, the demolition contractor.

1942 Life 26 Jan. 17/2 The methodical British demolition experts blew up the local radio station.

1971 A. Clarke Mind to Murder xii. 179 I went first to the demolition site, told the foreman I'd got to look for a room.

1989 Best 14 Apr. 11/3 Gypsies usually find casual, cash-in-hand labour, such as demolition work, tarmacking roads, or going out to sell carpets or antiques.

2002 Oxoniensia 66 48 The demolition debris consisted of much rubble not worth salvaging for use elsewhere.

2011 Church Times 26 Aug. 8/3 Sunday was demolition day for four dilapidated tower-blocks.

b. In plural, esp. in demolitions expert.

ΚΠ

1937 Irish Times 29 July 7/1 A demolitions expert, Captain Shaw, of the Free State Army, had been summoned from Dublin.

1991 Independent 16 Dec. 2/8 Demolitions work was going ahead on some of the 350 homes.

1995 Home Style & Gardening June 74/2 Your house..becomes a war zone filled with painters, Sheetrockers, demolitions crews.

2012 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 25 June 10 Ex-SAS demolitions expert Sir Ranulph.

C2.

demolition ball n. = wrecking ball n. at wrecking n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > demolition equipment

wrecking ball1952

demolition ball1953

1953 Pop. Mech. Apr. 101/1 For nearly a year, swinging steel demolition balls sent old tenements and warehouses cascading on the site.

1980 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 3/2 Cranes with demolition balls have moved in and destroyed the factory.

2011 Your Leek Paper (Nexis) 14 Sept. The 100 metre-tall structure had been set for a date with the demolition ball earlier this year.

demolition derby n. chiefly North American a competition in which (older) cars are driven into each other repeatedly until only one, the winner, is left running; also figurative.In quot. 1950¹: a stock-car race characterized by a large number of collisions.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > other motor-driving events

trial1926

roadeo1940

demolition derby1950

slalom1965

gymkhana1966

thrash1972

1950 Newsday (N.Y.) 8 Apr. 17/1 The main has been dubbed Demolition Derby, because crack-ups and bashed fenders are unavoidable when these youthful speed jockeys battle for a share of the castor cash.

1950 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 5 July 9/3 (headline) ‘Demolition derby’ should realize Goodfellows $1,000.

1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 1 July 2 a/4 A demolition derby will start at 7.30 p.m. at the fairgrounds, followed by fireworks.

1982 Listener 20 Dec. 22/3 Keith Moon, the one-man demolition derby on drums.

2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane viii. 179 The ‘fleet’ of cars was a sad selection of rusty jalopies fit for a demolition derby.

demolition order n. an order, typically served by a local council, for the demolition of a building or buildings.

ΚΠ

1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Dec. 2/2 The Shoreditch vestry, on the report of their medical officer, declared the dwellings in Anne's-place unfit for habitation, and obtained from the magistrate a demolition order.

1959 J. Austwick Murder in Borough Library iii. 21 I thought the houses in Clough Street were closed under a demolition order.

2001 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 23 June 5 A heart-breaking struggle to reverse a demolition order on her home.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demolition
释义	demolitionn. Brit. /ˌdɛməˈlɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən/, /ˌdiməˈlɪʃən/ Forms: 1600s– demolition; Scottish pre-1700 demolitione, pre-1700 demolitioun. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French demolition; Latin dēmōlītiōn-, dēmōlītiō. Etymology: < (i) Middle French demolition (French démolition ; compare Anglo-Norman demolition , demolicion ) defeat, action of destroying a physical structure (both 14th cent.), and its etymon (ii) classical Latin dēmōlītiōn-, dēmōlītiō action of demolishing, in post-classical Latin also in figurative use (early 3rd cent. in Tertullian) < dēmōlīt- , past participial stem of dēmolīrī demolish v. + -iō -ion suffix¹.Compare Spanish demolición (1644), Italian demolizione (a1619). 1. The action of demolishing or destroying something; an instance of this. Cf. demolish v. a. The action of subverting, defeating, or refuting something or someone; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ 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 c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xx. 145 There querellis tendit to the demolitione of the antiant public veil. 1634 P. Harris Fratres Sobrii Estote i. 24 The demolition of this so desperat an error. 1671 G. Thomson Μισοχυμὶας Ἔλεγχου 55 The debasement and demolition of the Noble Science of Physick. 1775 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) I. 49 Such controversies frequently end in the demolition of those rights and privileges which they were instituted to defend. 1843 H. W. Herbert Marmaduke Wyvil xxxviii. 208 And what had been the consequence of all this crime and falsehood? what, but the very demolition of all his own hopes and prospects? 1872 J. Morley Voltaire v. 230 The demolition of that Infamous in belief and in practice. 1909 Lancet 1 May 1227/2 Matthew Baillie's demolition of the doctrine of polypi may perhaps be regarded as the final step in the understanding of Harvey's discovery of the circulation. 1934 G. E. G. Catlin Pref. to Action iii. v. 294 Mr. Eliot's demolition of Professor Irving Babbitt and his followers..is a demolition deadly and thorough. 1991 P. Slater Dream Deferred ii. iv. 46 Military training as it is generally practiced requires the systematic demolition of democratic beliefs, values and practices. b. The action of physically demolishing or destroying something; esp. the action or process of pulling or knocking down a building or other structure; the fact or state of being demolished. Also: an instance of this. 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 a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1848) II. 75 The petitioun..anent the demolitioun of the fortificationis. 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xiv. 125 Before this demolition [L. antequam Alba dirueretur]..the people of Alba were all transported vnto Rome. 1657 W. Prynne Pendennis & All Other Standing Forts Dismantled 13 The total demolition and burning to the very ground, of sundry private Garrisons. 1713 J. Toland Dunkirk or Dover 17 The Demolition of Dunkirk. 1780 S. Johnson Let. 9 June (1992) III. 267 The outrages began by the demolition of the Mass house by Lincolns Inn. 1796 T. Jefferson Let. 19 Mar. in Papers (2002) XXIX. 36 I have begun the demolitions of my house, and hope to get through it's re-edification in the course of the summer. 1811 I. Mitchell Asylum I. Introd. p. xii To the knights errant the most absurd and improbable exploits and achievements were ascribed, such as the demolition of impregnable castles. 1852 W. J. Conybeare & J. S. Howson Life & Epist. St. Paul I. v. 152 Its demolition was completed by an earthquake. 1898 Westm. Gaz. 16 Sept. 7/3 Stack fires and the demolition of cottages owing to the thatch firing. 1964 Hist. Today Sept. 624/1 It was otherwise with the demolitions, of which every Corfiot was a spectator. 1995 Atlantic Oct. 46/1 Historic preservationists will likely oppose the demolition of many old buildings. 2004 Church Times 1 Oct. 14/1 St Luke's had a congregation of ten, and the church was due for demolition. c. humorous. The consumption of food or drink; esp. the action of greedily or voraciously eating up a serving of food. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > [noun] > eating heartily or greedily mouching1607 engorgement1611 engorging1611 demolition1722 tucking in1810 brosier1907 1722 Comical Pilgrim 66 City Cuckolds and their Wives very often ride out of Town..to make a Demolition of Cakes and Ale. 1827 S. B. H. Judah Buccaneers II. iii. 37 The rapid demolition of the viands that had been prepared for the company. 1842 C. M. Kirkland Forest Life II. xxxix. 146 She assiduously scraped from the edges of the plates, the scraps of butter that had escaped demolition, and wiped them back on the remains of the pat. 1879 Scribner's Monthly Feb. 530/2 Not all the fatigues of drill and camp-guard, however, could quite subdue the mettle of such pasture as was theirs, nor could the destructiveness of the company find adequate vent, in the demolition of chicken-fixings and deviled crabs. 1904 Irish Monthly June 315 He was absorbed in considering if, after the demolition of the second pie, he would start upon the puffs or the open tarts. 2004 M. E. Robins Petty Treason (2006) 77 Glebb engaged himself in the demolition of the pie before him. d. Sport (chiefly British). A comprehensive or heavy defeat. ΚΠ 1976 Newmarket Jrnl. 16 Dec. 48/5 His side's 5-1 demolition of Chatteris on Saturday. 1992 Rugby World & Post Mar. 42 Effective but boring was the non-English verdict on the 1991 Grand Slam, but that's out of the window after this stylish demolition. 2011 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 May 70 Barcelona's 5-0 demolition of Real Madrid earlier this season was the finest display of football he has ever seen. 2. In plural. The remains of a demolished building; ruins. Also figurative. Now rare. 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 1608 G. Chapman Conspiracie Duke of Byron iii. i. sig. L3^v The demolitions, that this arme, Hath shaken out of forts and Citadells. 1639 F. B. tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Coll. Mod. Epist. IV. 191 Out of their demolitions, Trophies might be erected. c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1641 (1955) II. 35 Being taken now foure or 5 days before, we had onely a sight of the demolitions [of the castle]. 1668 Earl of Clarendon Contempl. Psalms in Tracts (1727) 734 All the breaches and demolitions they had made in his Church. 1730 Visct. Bolingbroke in Craftsman No. 222. 53 Thus was the present Constitution of our Government forming it self for above two Centuries and an half; a rough Building raised out of the Demolitions, which the Normans had made, and upon the solid Foundations laid by the Saxons. 1859 G. Hutchinson Narr. Mutinies in Oude 156 Sir Henry Lawrence walked round and viewed the demolitions. 1988 P. Armstrong Risings 27 He is moving in the dark tonight, is a hunched presence in the alleys, a quick shadow among demolitions. Compounds C1. General attributive (usually in sense 1b). a. In singular, as demolition expert, demolition site, demolition work, etc. ΚΠ 1845 Q. Papers Engin. 4 66 The demolition men at the sluice. 1895 Rep. Tenement House Comm. (N.Y.) 369 The concurrent demolition work of the municipal improvement scheme. 1935 A. McArthur & H. Kingsley Long No Mean City ix. 115 Wilson, the demolition contractor. 1942 Life 26 Jan. 17/2 The methodical British demolition experts blew up the local radio station. 1971 A. Clarke Mind to Murder xii. 179 I went first to the demolition site, told the foreman I'd got to look for a room. 1989 Best 14 Apr. 11/3 Gypsies usually find casual, cash-in-hand labour, such as demolition work, tarmacking roads, or going out to sell carpets or antiques. 2002 Oxoniensia 66 48 The demolition debris consisted of much rubble not worth salvaging for use elsewhere. 2011 Church Times 26 Aug. 8/3 Sunday was demolition day for four dilapidated tower-blocks. b. In plural, esp. in demolitions expert. ΚΠ 1937 Irish Times 29 July 7/1 A demolitions expert, Captain Shaw, of the Free State Army, had been summoned from Dublin. 1991 Independent 16 Dec. 2/8 Demolitions work was going ahead on some of the 350 homes. 1995 Home Style & Gardening June 74/2 Your house..becomes a war zone filled with painters, Sheetrockers, demolitions crews. 2012 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 25 June 10 Ex-SAS demolitions expert Sir Ranulph. C2. demolition ball n. = wrecking ball n. at wrecking n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > demolition equipment wrecking ball1952 demolition ball1953 1953 Pop. Mech. Apr. 101/1 For nearly a year, swinging steel demolition balls sent old tenements and warehouses cascading on the site. 1980 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 3/2 Cranes with demolition balls have moved in and destroyed the factory. 2011 Your Leek Paper (Nexis) 14 Sept. The 100 metre-tall structure had been set for a date with the demolition ball earlier this year. demolition derby n. chiefly North American a competition in which (older) cars are driven into each other repeatedly until only one, the winner, is left running; also figurative.In quot. 1950¹: a stock-car race characterized by a large number of collisions. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing with vehicles > motor racing > [noun] > other motor-driving events trial1926 roadeo1940 demolition derby1950 slalom1965 gymkhana1966 thrash1972 1950 Newsday (N.Y.) 8 Apr. 17/1 The main has been dubbed Demolition Derby, because crack-ups and bashed fenders are unavoidable when these youthful speed jockeys battle for a share of the castor cash. 1950 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 5 July 9/3 (headline) ‘Demolition derby’ should realize Goodfellows $1,000. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 1 July 2 a/4 A demolition derby will start at 7.30 p.m. at the fairgrounds, followed by fireworks. 1982 Listener 20 Dec. 22/3 Keith Moon, the one-man demolition derby on drums. 2005 T. Hall Salaam Brick Lane viii. 179 The ‘fleet’ of cars was a sad selection of rusty jalopies fit for a demolition derby. demolition order n. an order, typically served by a local council, for the demolition of a building or buildings. ΚΠ 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Dec. 2/2 The Shoreditch vestry, on the report of their medical officer, declared the dwellings in Anne's-place unfit for habitation, and obtained from the magistrate a demolition order. 1959 J. Austwick Murder in Borough Library iii. 21 I thought the houses in Clough Street were closed under a demolition order. 2001 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 23 June 5 A heart-breaking struggle to reverse a demolition order on her home. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1550
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