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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...
  • Although the first phase of construction was declared complete, demolitions and razing continue around it.
  • With demolitions complete and piling under way, work is progressing on site to create the UK's highest living space.
  • ‘The scheme is on schedule and demolitions are almost complete,’ insisted Smith.

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...
  • Richard Wentworth and Ian Watkinson then performed a demolition job to send Earswick to their fifth defeat.

Synonyms

defeat, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, rout
informal massacre, annihilation, slaughter, licking, thrashing, clobbering, hammering

Derivatives

demolitionist

noun ...
  • After 1953, the only signs of life at the Clarkdale smelter were the demolitionists responsible for toppling the two smokestacks dominating the local skyline in the 1960s.
  • Siege is a team-based game type where players all choose a class of character (heavy weapons, demolitionist, Jedi, etc.) to play in an objective-based map.
  • Lissy was already a marine biologist and Peter was a special force demolitionist.

Origin

Mid 16th century: via French from Latin demolitio(n-), from the verb demoliri (see demolish).

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