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deˈmolishment Now rare.
[f. demolish v. + -ment: cf. F. démolissement (1373 desm- in Godef.).]
The act of demolishing; the state or fact of being demolished.
1602W. Fulbecke 2nd Pt. Parall. 51 Waste may bee committed in the decay or demolishment of an house. 1702Echard Eccl. Hist. (1710) 465 The..demolishment of fifty of their strongest cities. 1884Bookseller 6 Nov. 1190 b/2 The author has succeeded in the complete demolishment of Messrs. Darwin, Huxley and Co.
†b. pl. Demolished parts or remains, ruins. Obs.
1627–77Feltham Resolves i. c. 155 If no man should repair the breaches, how soon would all lye flatted in demolishments? 1670Clarendon Contempl. Psalms Tracts (1727) 372 To repair those breaches and demolishments. |