demolish
/dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/ verb B2- To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion. · They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.
- To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
- To devour; to eat up
He/she/it demolishes · Past demolished · Past participle demolished · -ing form demolishing
Verb forms
- Base form
- demolish
- He/she/it
- demolishes
- Past
- demolished
- Past participle
- demolished
- -ing form
- demolishing
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“So rich, dear sir, that your fortune resembles the pyramids; if you wished to demolish them you could not, and if it were possible, you would not dare!”
Although it was quickly rebuilt, the second theater was demolished three decades later, leaving behind almost no physical evidence.
Entire blocks of magnificent historic architecture were ruthlessly demolished to accommodate the sprawling footprints of complex interchanges and multi-lane expressways.
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