demolishv.

Brit.

/dᵻˈmɒlɪʃ/, U.S.

/dəˈmɑlɪʃ/,

/diˈmɑlɪʃ/

Forms: 1500s– demolish, 1600s demollish; also Scottish pre-1700 demoleis, pre-1700 demoleische, pre-1700 demoles, pre-1700 demolis, pre-1700 demolisch, pre-1700 demolles, pre-1700 dimoleis, pre-1700 dimoleisch, pre-1700 dimoliche, pre-1700 dimolisch, pre-1700 dimolische, pre-1700 dimolishe.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French demoliss-, demolir.

Etymology: < Middle French, French demoliss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of demolir (now démolir ) to pull or knock down (a building or other structure) (1383; 1367 as desmolir ), to do away with, put an end to (something) (1416; the use in sense 2b is not paralleled in French until considerably later than in English: 1826) < classical Latin dēmōlīrī to pull down, demolish, to abolish, in post-classical Latin also to be destroyed (Vulgate) < dē- de- prefix + mōlīrī to build, construct (see molition n.¹). Compare slightly earlier demolition n.Compare Spanish demolir (1385), Italian demolire (1499), and also German demolieren (1546).

a. transitive. To pull or knock down (a building or other structure); to reduce to rubble or ruins; (more generally) to break violently into pieces; to smash, destroy. Also intransitive.Usually implying deliberate destruction, but in recent use sometimes with reference to something accidentally destroyed (see, e.g., quot. 1955).

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin

spillc950

fellOE

to cast downc1230

destroy1297

to turn up?c1335

to throw down1340

to ding downc1380

to break downa1382

subverta1382

underturn1382

to take downc1384

falla1400

to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400

voida1400

brittenc1400

to burst downc1440

to pull downc1450

pluck1481

tumble1487

wreck1510

defacea1513

confound1523

raze1523

arase1530

to beat downc1540

ruinate1548

demolish1560

plane1562

to shovel down1563

race?1567

ruin1585

rape1597

unwall1598

to bluster down16..

raise1603

level1614

debolish1615

unbuilda1616

to make smooth work of1616

slight1640

to knock down1776

squabash1822

collapse1883

to turn over1897

mash1924

rubble1945

to take apart1978

1560 [implied in: 1560 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 69 To taxt the hale nychtbouris..for douncasting and demolesyng of wallis and fortres of Leythe. (at demolishing n. 1)].

1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 202 Abirdene, Elgin,..and utheris burrowis of this realme quhair the samyn [places of friars] ar nocht demolissit.

1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 252 The Chapell of Hakington,..was quite and cleane demolished.

1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxv. 353 Both twaine made hauock of their foes, demolishing their Forts.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. §ii. iv. 196 He gaue command that [his] statue should be demolished and burned.

1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 63 Peace you Rogue; no Moroding now: we'll burn, rob, demolish and murder another time together.

1719 Free-thinker No. 95. 1 A poor Barber..had above Fifty Shillings Worth of Crown-Glass demolished.

1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 422 They completely demolished the remainder of the edifice.

1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 319 The men who demolished the images in Cathedrals have not always been able to demolish those which were enshrined in their minds.

1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. Introd. p. iv It is most desirable both to believe and to profess that the work of construction is the fruitful and important work, and that we are demolishing only to prepare for it.

1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island 137 Men were demolishing something with axes on the beach near the stockade; the poor jolly boat, I afterwards discovered.

1908 E. M. Forster Room with View i. 11 As she spoke, her long narrow head drove backwards and forwards, slowly, regularly, as though she were demolishing some invisible obstacle.

1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 545/3 Demolishing two-thirds of the houses, and ‘gapping’ and ‘loop-holing’ the remainder.

1955 Times 23 May 12/6 The Lancia skidded at the chicane, demolished the wall bordering the sea, and dropped into the harbour.

2003 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 15 The scheme..will see 950 former pit houses demolished to make way for luxury new homes.

†b. intransitive. To be destroyed or violently broken up; esp. (only in continuous tenses, of a building) to be in the process of demolition (cf. build v. 5). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or be demolished

to-fallc893

to-reosea900

tipc1400

to go together1549

to come downa1552

demolish1610

coincide1673

collapse1732

stave1797

1610 Bible (Douay) II. Joel ii. 8 Through the windowes they shal fal and shal not demolish [L. et non demolientur].

1686 London Gaz. No. 2118/2 The House Gulicke lived in is demolishing.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4199/3 The Castle of Nice is demolishing.

1746 Scots Mag. Apr. 180/2 The fortifications of..Oudenarde are demolishing.

1828 W. R. Wilson Trav. Russia I. i. 15 The ramparts..were demolishing at the period of our visit.

c. transitive. To damage, break, or vandalize without completely destroying. Usually with adverb expressing extent or degree.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize

demolish1646

to knock abouta1817

vandalize1845

distress1943

trash1970

key1987

1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 177 Howgate and Braincroft Castles, both of which the Enemy had much demolished.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1656 (1955) III. 176 Colchester, a faire Towne but now wretchedly demolished by the late Siege.

1789 Monthly Reg. 45/1 in Edinb. Mag. Mar. Her windows were broke, and her shop much demolished.

1809 W. Mitford Princ. Design in Archit. xxiii. 175 The finest buildings, of which relics were found, had been too much demolished by the barbarians..for representations of them to be satisfactory.

1914 B. Dixon & O. Dixon Life & Adventures ‘Billy’ Dixon iv. 80 Many of the wagons were so badly demolished that they had to be abandoned and left behind.

2005 L. Leff Buried by Times 39 Kirschroth was all set to immigrate to a Virginia farm, when Sulzberger was informed that Gross Breesen was ‘terribly demolished’ during Kristallnacht.

2. figurative.

a. transitive. To do away with, put an end to; to have a disastrous effect on, leave in tatters; to negate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to

undoc950

shendOE

forfarea1000

endc1000

to do awayOE

aquenchc1175

slayc1175

stathea1200

tinea1300

to-spilla1300

batec1300

bleschea1325

honisha1325

leesea1325

wastec1325

stanch1338

corrumpa1340

destroy1340

to put awayc1350

dissolvec1374

supplanta1382

to-shend1382

aneantizec1384

avoidc1384

to put outa1398

beshenda1400

swelta1400

amortizec1405

distract1413

consumec1425

shelfc1425

abroge1427

downthringc1430

kill1435

poisonc1450

defeat1474

perish1509

to blow away1523

abrogatea1529

to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529

dash?1529

to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531

put in the pot1531

wipea1538

extermine1539

fatec1540

peppera1550

disappoint1563

to put (also set) beside the saddle1563

to cut the throat of1565

to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568

to make a hand of (also on, with)1569

demolish1570

to break the neck of1576

to make shipwreck of1577

spoil1578

to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579

cipher1589

ruinate1590

to cut off by the shins1592

shipwreck1599

exterminate1605

finish1611

damnify1612

ravel1614

braina1616

stagger1629

unrivet1630

consummate1634

pulverizea1640

baffle1649

devil1652

to blow up1660

feague1668

shatter1683

cook1708

to die away1748

to prove fatal (to)1759

to knock up1764

to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834

to put the kibosh on1834

to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835

kibosh1841

to chaw up1843

cooper1851

to jack up1870

scuttle1888

to bugger up1891

jigger1895

torpedo1895

on the fritz1900

to put paid to1901

rot1908

down and out1916

scuppera1918

to put the skids under1918

stonker1919

liquidate1924

to screw up1933

cruel1934

to dig the grave of1934

pox1935

blow1936

to hit for six1937

to piss up1937

to dust off1938

zap1976

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 692/2 Howe can you, but either with the protestantes wype out of your Calendar, Thomæ sanguinem, or els demolish from heauen Sanguinem Christi with the Papistes?

1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 193 They lesse resist extrinsecall and intrinsecall causes that demolish their health.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 201 Demolishing the Church by division and contempt.

1736 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) IV. 129/1 He spoke one day in behalf of Justice, and the next day against it. This was his element: he delighted in demolishing his own work.

1839 L. C. Judson Biogr. of Signers of Declar. of Independence 16 After taking his seat in that body, his first business was, to demolish the superstructure of the judicial code.

1872 Times 27 May 12/2 His chance of winning has been demolished.

1919 Alumni Bull. Univ. of Virginia Jan. 65 This critical hour, when ruthless barbarian hordes are seeking to demolish the very fabric of that Christian civilization which we have counted as our birthright.

1987 Cycling Weekly 17 Sept. 8/3 A lead of 30 metres which Campbell all but demolished in the last two laps.

2001 New Scientist 10 Mar. 31/3 The discovery of Omega..has demolished hopes of a theory of everything.

b. transitive. To refute comprehensively or decisively (an argument, theory, idea, etc., or its proponent).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)]

answerOE

bitavelena1225

allayc1275

confoundc1384

concludea1400

conclusea1400

forblenda1400

gainsaya1400

rejag1402

to bear downc1405

redarguea1425

repugn?a1425

reverse?c1430

improvec1443

reprovea1513

dissolve1529

revince1529

convince1530

confute1533

refel1534

refute1545

void1570

evict1583

infringe1590

reprehend1597

revert1598

evince1608

repel1613

to take off1618

unbubblea1640

invalid1643

invalidate1649

remove1652

retund1653

effronta1657

dispute1659

unreason1661

have1680

demolish1691

to blow sky-high1819

1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxii The demolishing some particular New Encroachments.

1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §32 It is directly demolishing the very doctrine you would defend.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. i. ii. 21 Thus one race of philosophers demolish the works of their predecessors, and elevate more splendid fantasies in their stead, which in their turn are demolished and replaced by the air castles of a succeeding generation.

1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vii. §214. 211 To demolish any so-called scientific objection that might be raised.

1882 Athenæum 23 Dec. 844 The author demolishes most of those fanciful etymologies.

1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 23 743 He demolishes Adam Smith with all the zest of a modern sociologist.

1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. p. viii (advt.) A sustained effort to demolish legends of the great war before they become fixed in the permanent fabric of history.

1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 168 Recent research has demolished the idea of the Harappan civilization developing in isolation.

2002 Independent 19 Mar. (Tuesday Review section) 3/5 But it is when she tries to demolish the arguments against withdrawal that she really gets motoring.

c. transitive. colloquial (chiefly Sport). To defeat (a player, team, etc.) easily or overwhelmingly.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > win > defeat

overplayc1460

smother1676

lurch1678

outplay1702

thrash1789

defeat1830

spreadeagle1832

thresh1852

whitewash1867

blank1870

annihilate1886

nip1893

slam1907

plaster1919

skittle1919

rip1927

maul1928

demolish1938

massacre1940

trounce1942

hammer1948

murder1952

to shut out1952

zilch1957

zip1964

trip1974

1938 Times 10 Jan. 7/3 The West, having at one time threatened to demolish them utterly, beat the East..by five goals to two.

1951 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 27 Feb. 5/4 A raw Scottish team trounced a Welsh side that had completely demolished England.

1960 Times 26 Sept. 5/6 We waited to see whether or not Miss Steward had demolished the British record.

1996 Total Sport July 24/1 Wigan emerge triumphant, demolishing Bath at Maine Road 82–6.

2004 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 13 Dec. 46 Derby County demolished Nottingham Forest for the second time in nine months.

3. transitive. humorous. To eat up (food) quickly or voraciously; (also) to drink (esp. an alcoholic drink) in this manner.In quot. 1639 as part of an extended metaphor.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously

forswallowOE

gulch?c1225

afretea1350

moucha1350

glop1362

gloup1362

forglut1393

worrya1400

globbec1400

forsling1481

slonk1481

franch1519

gull1530

to eat up1535

to swallow up1535

engorge1541

gulp1542

ramp1542

slosh1548

raven1557

slop1575

yolp1579

devour1586

to throw oneself on1592

paunch1599

tire1599

glut1600

batten1604

frample1606

gobbet1607

to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616

to make a (also one's) meal of1622

gorge1631

demolish1639

gourmanda1657

guttle1685

to gawp up1728

nyam1790

gamp1805

slummock1808

annihilate1815

gollop1823

punish1825

engulf1829

hog1836

scoff1846

brosier1850

to pack away1855

wolf1861

locust1868

wallop1892

guts1934

murder1935

woof1943

pelicana1953

pig1979

the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely

bibc1400

waught?a1513

quaff1558

swill1563

carouse1580

tipple1581

bibble1582

tun1589

bousea1612

tope1654

fuddle1756

demolish1864

to throw back1943

1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iii. i. sig. E3^v As tall a trencher-man..As ere demolisht Pie-fortification.

1659 J. Mayne Citye Match ii. vi. 20 A Gentleman of valour who has been In Moore-fields often, marry it has beene To squire his sisters, and demolish Custards At Pimlico.

1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 27 They proceed to demolish the Substantials.

1864 Jrnl. Househ. Brigade 318 We each demolished a pint of ‘tisch-wine’.

1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia iii. 41 It is on record that he demolished the whole side of a young guanacho at one sitting.

1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down (1960) 185 Stan had lit a cheap American-style cigarette just before the meal began, and instead of extinguishing it, he kept it burning while he demolished his ham and pickles.

2006 Weight Watchers Mag. June 36/1 I can demolish a chocolate bar very quickly!

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	demolish
释义	demolishv. Brit. /dᵻˈmɒlɪʃ/, U.S. /dəˈmɑlɪʃ/, /diˈmɑlɪʃ/ Forms: 1500s– demolish, 1600s demollish; also Scottish pre-1700 demoleis, pre-1700 demoleische, pre-1700 demoles, pre-1700 demolis, pre-1700 demolisch, pre-1700 demolles, pre-1700 dimoleis, pre-1700 dimoleisch, pre-1700 dimoliche, pre-1700 dimolisch, pre-1700 dimolische, pre-1700 dimolishe. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French demoliss-, demolir. Etymology: < Middle French, French demoliss-, extended stem (compare -ish suffix²) of demolir (now démolir ) to pull or knock down (a building or other structure) (1383; 1367 as desmolir ), to do away with, put an end to (something) (1416; the use in sense 2b is not paralleled in French until considerably later than in English: 1826) < classical Latin dēmōlīrī to pull down, demolish, to abolish, in post-classical Latin also to be destroyed (Vulgate) < dē- de- prefix + mōlīrī to build, construct (see molition n.¹). Compare slightly earlier demolition n.Compare Spanish demolir (1385), Italian demolire (1499), and also German demolieren (1546). 1. a. transitive. To pull or knock down (a building or other structure); to reduce to rubble or ruins; (more generally) to break violently into pieces; to smash, destroy. Also intransitive.Usually implying deliberate destruction, but in recent use sometimes with reference to something accidentally destroyed (see, e.g., quot. 1955). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break down, demolish, or ruin spillc950 fellOE to cast downc1230 destroy1297 to turn up?c1335 to throw down1340 to ding downc1380 to break downa1382 subverta1382 underturn1382 to take downc1384 falla1400 to make (a building, etc.) plain (with the earth)a1400 voida1400 brittenc1400 to burst downc1440 to pull downc1450 pluck1481 tumble1487 wreck1510 defacea1513 confound1523 raze1523 arase1530 to beat downc1540 ruinate1548 demolish1560 plane1562 to shovel down1563 race?1567 ruin1585 rape1597 unwall1598 to bluster down16.. raise1603 level1614 debolish1615 unbuilda1616 to make smooth work of1616 slight1640 to knock down1776 squabash1822 collapse1883 to turn over1897 mash1924 rubble1945 to take apart1978 1560 [implied in: 1560 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1875) III. 69 To taxt the hale nychtbouris..for douncasting and demolesyng of wallis and fortres of Leythe. (at demolishing n. 1)]. 1561 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 202 Abirdene, Elgin,..and utheris burrowis of this realme quhair the samyn [places of friars] ar nocht demolissit. 1576 W. Lambarde Perambulation of Kent 252 The Chapell of Hakington,..was quite and cleane demolished. 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. lxxxv. 353 Both twaine made hauock of their foes, demolishing their Forts. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. §ii. iv. 196 He gaue command that [his] statue should be demolished and burned. 1684 T. Otway Atheist v. 63 Peace you Rogue; no Moroding now: we'll burn, rob, demolish and murder another time together. 1719 Free-thinker No. 95. 1 A poor Barber..had above Fifty Shillings Worth of Crown-Glass demolished. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xvi. 422 They completely demolished the remainder of the edifice. 1825 T. B. Macaulay Milton in Edinb. Rev. Aug. 319 The men who demolished the images in Cathedrals have not always been able to demolish those which were enshrined in their minds. 1867 M. Arnold On Study Celtic Lit. Introd. p. iv It is most desirable both to believe and to profess that the work of construction is the fruitful and important work, and that we are demolishing only to prepare for it. 1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island 137 Men were demolishing something with axes on the beach near the stockade; the poor jolly boat, I afterwards discovered. 1908 E. M. Forster Room with View i. 11 As she spoke, her long narrow head drove backwards and forwards, slowly, regularly, as though she were demolishing some invisible obstacle. 1925 Brit. Weekly 5 Mar. 545/3 Demolishing two-thirds of the houses, and ‘gapping’ and ‘loop-holing’ the remainder. 1955 Times 23 May 12/6 The Lancia skidded at the chicane, demolished the wall bordering the sea, and dropped into the harbour. 2003 Evening Post (Nottingham) (Nexis) 1 Nov. 15 The scheme..will see 950 former pit houses demolished to make way for luxury new homes. †b. intransitive. To be destroyed or violently broken up; esp. (only in continuous tenses, of a building) to be in the process of demolition (cf. build v. 5). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > collapse or be demolished to-fallc893 to-reosea900 tipc1400 to go together1549 to come downa1552 demolish1610 coincide1673 collapse1732 stave1797 1610 Bible (Douay) II. Joel ii. 8 Through the windowes they shal fal and shal not demolish [L. et non demolientur]. 1686 London Gaz. No. 2118/2 The House Gulicke lived in is demolishing. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4199/3 The Castle of Nice is demolishing. 1746 Scots Mag. Apr. 180/2 The fortifications of..Oudenarde are demolishing. 1828 W. R. Wilson Trav. Russia I. i. 15 The ramparts..were demolishing at the period of our visit. c. transitive. To damage, break, or vandalize without completely destroying. Usually with adverb expressing extent or degree. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > damage > damage or injure [verb (transitive)] > damage deliberately or vandalize demolish1646 to knock abouta1817 vandalize1845 distress1943 trash1970 key1987 1646 J. Vicars Burning-bush not Consumed 177 Howgate and Braincroft Castles, both of which the Enemy had much demolished. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1656 (1955) III. 176 Colchester, a faire Towne but now wretchedly demolished by the late Siege. 1789 Monthly Reg. 45/1 in Edinb. Mag. Mar. Her windows were broke, and her shop much demolished. 1809 W. Mitford Princ. Design in Archit. xxiii. 175 The finest buildings, of which relics were found, had been too much demolished by the barbarians..for representations of them to be satisfactory. 1914 B. Dixon & O. Dixon Life & Adventures ‘Billy’ Dixon iv. 80 Many of the wagons were so badly demolished that they had to be abandoned and left behind. 2005 L. Leff Buried by Times 39 Kirschroth was all set to immigrate to a Virginia farm, when Sulzberger was informed that Gross Breesen was ‘terribly demolished’ during Kristallnacht. 2. figurative. a. transitive. To do away with, put an end to; to have a disastrous effect on, leave in tatters; to negate. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 692/2 Howe can you, but either with the protestantes wype out of your Calendar, Thomæ sanguinem, or els demolish from heauen Sanguinem Christi with the Papistes? 1620 T. Venner Via Recta viii. 193 They lesse resist extrinsecall and intrinsecall causes that demolish their health. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 201 Demolishing the Church by division and contempt. 1736 Bayle's Gen. Dict. Hist. & Crit. (new ed.) IV. 129/1 He spoke one day in behalf of Justice, and the next day against it. This was his element: he delighted in demolishing his own work. 1839 L. C. Judson Biogr. of Signers of Declar. of Independence 16 After taking his seat in that body, his first business was, to demolish the superstructure of the judicial code. 1872 Times 27 May 12/2 His chance of winning has been demolished. 1919 Alumni Bull. Univ. of Virginia Jan. 65 This critical hour, when ruthless barbarian hordes are seeking to demolish the very fabric of that Christian civilization which we have counted as our birthright. 1987 Cycling Weekly 17 Sept. 8/3 A lead of 30 metres which Campbell all but demolished in the last two laps. 2001 New Scientist 10 Mar. 31/3 The discovery of Omega..has demolished hopes of a theory of everything. b. transitive. To refute comprehensively or decisively (an argument, theory, idea, etc., or its proponent). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] answerOE bitavelena1225 allayc1275 confoundc1384 concludea1400 conclusea1400 forblenda1400 gainsaya1400 rejag1402 to bear downc1405 redarguea1425 repugn?a1425 reverse?c1430 improvec1443 reprovea1513 dissolve1529 revince1529 convince1530 confute1533 refel1534 refute1545 void1570 evict1583 infringe1590 reprehend1597 revert1598 evince1608 repel1613 to take off1618 unbubblea1640 invalid1643 invalidate1649 remove1652 retund1653 effronta1657 dispute1659 unreason1661 have1680 demolish1691 to blow sky-high1819 1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxxii The demolishing some particular New Encroachments. 1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §32 It is directly demolishing the very doctrine you would defend. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. i. ii. 21 Thus one race of philosophers demolish the works of their predecessors, and elevate more splendid fantasies in their stead, which in their turn are demolished and replaced by the air castles of a succeeding generation. 1878 B. Stewart & P. G. Tait Unseen Universe vii. §214. 211 To demolish any so-called scientific objection that might be raised. 1882 Athenæum 23 Dec. 844 The author demolishes most of those fanciful etymologies. 1918 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 23 743 He demolishes Adam Smith with all the zest of a modern sociologist. 1924 Amer. Mercury Apr. p. viii (advt.) A sustained effort to demolish legends of the great war before they become fixed in the permanent fabric of history. 1981 Antiquaries Jrnl. 61 i. 168 Recent research has demolished the idea of the Harappan civilization developing in isolation. 2002 Independent 19 Mar. (Tuesday Review section) 3/5 But it is when she tries to demolish the arguments against withdrawal that she really gets motoring. c. transitive. colloquial (chiefly Sport). To defeat (a player, team, etc.) easily or overwhelmingly. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > winning, losing, or scoring > win, lose, or score [verb (transitive)] > win > defeat overplayc1460 smother1676 lurch1678 outplay1702 thrash1789 defeat1830 spreadeagle1832 thresh1852 whitewash1867 blank1870 annihilate1886 nip1893 slam1907 plaster1919 skittle1919 rip1927 maul1928 demolish1938 massacre1940 trounce1942 hammer1948 murder1952 to shut out1952 zilch1957 zip1964 trip1974 1938 Times 10 Jan. 7/3 The West, having at one time threatened to demolish them utterly, beat the East..by five goals to two. 1951 Townsville (Queensland) Daily Bull. 27 Feb. 5/4 A raw Scottish team trounced a Welsh side that had completely demolished England. 1960 Times 26 Sept. 5/6 We waited to see whether or not Miss Steward had demolished the British record. 1996 Total Sport July 24/1 Wigan emerge triumphant, demolishing Bath at Maine Road 82–6. 2004 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 13 Dec. 46 Derby County demolished Nottingham Forest for the second time in nine months. 3. transitive. humorous. To eat up (food) quickly or voraciously; (also) to drink (esp. an alcoholic drink) in this manner.In quot. 1639 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (transitive)] > eat voraciously forswallowOE gulch?c1225 afretea1350 moucha1350 glop1362 gloup1362 forglut1393 worrya1400 globbec1400 forsling1481 slonk1481 franch1519 gull1530 to eat up1535 to swallow up1535 engorge1541 gulp1542 ramp1542 slosh1548 raven1557 slop1575 yolp1579 devour1586 to throw oneself on1592 paunch1599 tire1599 glut1600 batten1604 frample1606 gobbet1607 to make a (also one's) meal on (also upon)a1616 to make a (also one's) meal of1622 gorge1631 demolish1639 gourmanda1657 guttle1685 to gawp up1728 nyam1790 gamp1805 slummock1808 annihilate1815 gollop1823 punish1825 engulf1829 hog1836 scoff1846 brosier1850 to pack away1855 wolf1861 locust1868 wallop1892 guts1934 murder1935 woof1943 pelicana1953 pig1979 the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > [verb (transitive)] > drink intoxicating liquor > freely bibc1400 waught?a1513 quaff1558 swill1563 carouse1580 tipple1581 bibble1582 tun1589 bousea1612 tope1654 fuddle1756 demolish1864 to throw back1943 1639 P. Massinger Unnaturall Combat iii. i. sig. E3^v As tall a trencher-man..As ere demolisht Pie-fortification. 1659 J. Mayne Citye Match ii. vi. 20 A Gentleman of valour who has been In Moore-fields often, marry it has beene To squire his sisters, and demolish Custards At Pimlico. 1756 S. Foote Englishman return'd from Paris i. 27 They proceed to demolish the Substantials. 1864 Jrnl. Househ. Brigade 318 We each demolished a pint of ‘tisch-wine’. 1879 J. Beerbohm Wanderings in Patagonia iii. 41 It is on record that he demolished the whole side of a young guanacho at one sitting. 1953 J. Wain Hurry on Down (1960) 185 Stan had lit a cheap American-style cigarette just before the meal began, and instead of extinguishing it, he kept it burning while he demolished his ham and pickles. 2006 Weight Watchers Mag. June 36/1 I can demolish a chocolate bar very quickly! This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1560
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