de|mol´ish|er

de|mol´ish|er
de|mol|ish «dih MOL ihsh», transitive verb.
1. to pull or tear down; reduce to ruin: »

Shells and bombs demolished the fortress. The slums were demolished before the town was extended.

 SYNONYM(S): ruin, raze. See syn. under destroy. (Cf. ↑destroy)
2. Figurative: »

Princeton demolished…one of the best Dartmouth teams (New Yorker). Professor Lattimore…demolishes several of the accepted legends about early Mongolian history (Manchester Guardian Weekly).

╂[< Middle French démoliss-, stem of démolir, learned borrowing from Latin dēmōlīrī tear down < dē- down + mōlēs, mōlis mass, might]
–de|mol´ish|er, noun.

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  • de|mol|ish — «dih MOL ihsh», transitive verb. 1. to pull or tear down; reduce to ruin: »Shells and bombs demolished the fortress. The slums were demolished before the town was extended. SYNONYM(S): ruin, raze. See syn. under destroy. (Cf. ↑destroy) 2.… …   Useful english dictionary

  • de|mol|ish|ment — «dih MOL ihsh muhnt», noun. = demolition. (Cf. ↑demolition) …   Useful english dictionary

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  • mol — an·e·mol·o·gy; at·mol·y·sis; bles·mol; cos·mol·o·gist; cos·mol·o·gy; cu·mol; cyn·o·mol·gus; de·mol·ish; des·mol·y·sis; el·e·mol; en·to·mol·o·gist; en·to·mol·o·gize; en·to·mol·o·gy; en·zy·mol·o·gist; en·zy·mol·o·gy; ep·i·der·mol·y·sis;… …   English syllables

  • demolish — de·mol·ish …   English syllables

  • demolish — de•mol•ish [[t]dɪˈmɒl ɪʃ[/t]] v. t. 1) to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), esp. on purpose; tear down; raze 2) to put an end to; destroy; finish 3) to lay waste to; ruin utterly • Etymology: 1560–70; < MF démoliss , s. of… …   From formal English to slang

  • demolish — demolisher, n. demolishment, n. /di mol ish/, v.t. 1. to destroy or ruin (a building or other structure), esp. on purpose; tear down; raze. 2. to put an end to; destroy; explode: The results of his research demolished many theories. 3. to lay… …   Universalium

  • Demolish — De*mol ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demolished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demolishing}.] [F. d[ e]molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See {Mole} a mound, and …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Demolished — Demolish De*mol ish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Demolished}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Demolishing}.] [F. d[ e]molir, fr. L. demoliri, p. p. demolitus; de + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work, construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. See {Mole} a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Demolisher — De*mol ish er, n. One who, or that which, demolishes; as, a demolisher of towns. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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