单词 | demolition |
释义 | demolition/dɛməˈlɪʃn![]() noun [mass noun] 1The action or process of demolishing or being demolished: the monument was saved from demolition...
Synonyms destruction, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down, flattening, razing, levelling, bulldozing, clearance; obliteration, annihilation destruction, wrecking; refutation, disproval, disproving 1.1 informal An overwhelming defeat: Ireland’s demolition of England...
Synonyms defeat, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, rout informal massacre, annihilation, slaughter, licking, thrashing, clobbering, hammering Derivativesdemolitionist
OriginMid 16th century: via French from Latin demolitio(n-), from the verb demoliri (see demolish). |
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