demolish

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  1. transitive verb To tear down completely; raze.
  2. transitive verb To do away with completely; put an end to.
  3. transitive verb To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely. See Synonyms at ruin.

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  • "What we have to demolish is the idea that mountaineering is all hairy-arsed men with ice-axes and crampons."
  • Those involved with the project later called the collapse "a blessing in disguise" and the decision to demolish was a loss to no one really, except the insurance company who paid out a settlement of $581,000., the renovation was back on track. —  DeMarCaTionVille
  • It is expected to take around three months to demolish, aiming to minimise disruption to the residents of adjacent terraced housing. —  Whitehaven News headlines
  • Appraisal district values are generally lower than market value, which could force some property owners to demolish or elevate structures that could be repaired at less than half their market value. —  The Daily News - News
  • Global motions to demolish are merely a sign of us having had enough for one day. —  New Orleans Metblogs
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demolish:   demolishing ·  demolished
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. French démolir, démoliss-, from Latin dēmōlīrī : dē-, de- + mōlīrī, to build (from mōlēs, mass).

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  1. from Old French demoliss-, stem of certain parts of demolir, French démolir = Provencal demolhir = Spanish demoler = Portuguese demolir = Italian demolire = German demoliren = Danish demolere = Swedish demolera, from Latin demoliri, throw down, pull down, demolish, from de, down, + moliri, build, construct, set in motion, exert oneself at, endeavor, from moles, a pile, huge mass, whence English mole, q. v. Cf. amolish.
 

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