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demolition /dɛməˈlɪʃn /noun [mass noun]1The action or process of demolishing or being demolished: the monument was saved from demolition...- Although the first phase of construction was declared complete, demolitions and razing continue around it.
- With demolitions complete and piling under way, work is progressing on site to create the UK's highest living space.
- ‘The scheme is on schedule and demolitions are almost complete,’ insisted Smith.
Synonyms destruction, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down, flattening, razing, levelling, bulldozing, clearance; obliteration, annihilation destruction, wrecking; refutation, disproval, disproving 1.1 informal An overwhelming defeat: Ireland’s demolition of England...- Richard Wentworth and Ian Watkinson then performed a demolition job to send Earswick to their fifth defeat.
Synonyms defeat, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, rout informal massacre, annihilation, slaughter, licking, thrashing, clobbering, hammering Derivatives demolitionist noun ...- After 1953, the only signs of life at the Clarkdale smelter were the demolitionists responsible for toppling the two smokestacks dominating the local skyline in the 1960s.
- Siege is a team-based game type where players all choose a class of character (heavy weapons, demolitionist, Jedi, etc.) to play in an objective-based map.
- Lissy was already a marine biologist and Peter was a special force demolitionist.
Origin Mid 16th century: via French from Latin demolitio(n-), from the verb demoliri (see demolish). |