vverb.creationdestroy completelySynset:pulverise pulverize
Examples:- the wrecking ball demolished the building
Derivationally Related Form:demolishingpulverizationpulverisationdemolition
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:demolishdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.creationruin or destroyExamples:- his book demolishes an old myth
- demolished my reputation
- the professor demolished the student's argument
Hypernyms:destroy destruct
Inherited Hypernyms:demolishdestroyunmake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.consumptioneat up completely, as with great appetiteSynset:consume devour down go through
Examples:- Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal
- The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them
Derivationally Related Form:devourer
Hypernyms:eat up finish polish off
Inherited Hypernyms:devoureat upeatconsume
Inherited Hypernyms:devoureat upeateatconsume
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody | They --- more bread (apply to: go through, devour, consume, down)
vverb.competitiondefeat soundly and humiliatinglySynset:destroy
Examples:- The home team demolished the visitors
Derivationally Related Form:demolition
Hypernyms:defeat get the better of overcome
Inherited Hypernyms:demolishget the better of
Direct Hyponyms:cut to ribbonssmashswallow
Full Troponyms:cut to ribbonssmashswallow
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | The fighter managed to --- his opponent (apply to: destroy) | The cars --- down the avenue (apply to: demolish)