Demolish

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To tear down completely; raze.
  • v. To do away with completely; put an end to.
  • v. To damage (someone's reputation, for example) severely. See Synonyms at ruin.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To destroy; to destruct
  • v. To utterly defeat
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To throw or pull down; destroy the structural character of, as a building or a wall; reduce to ruins.
  • To destroy in general; put an end to; ruin utterly; lay waste.
  • Synonyms Raze, Demolish. Raze, to level with the ground; demolish, to destroy by complete separation of parts. A house is razed when it is leveled, even if it largely holds together; it is demolished if torn to pieces, even if some parts of it stand in place.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. destroy completely
  • v. defeat soundly
  • v. humiliate or depress completely
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    destroy    destruct    abase    humble    humiliate    mortify    chagrin   
    Cross Reference
    ruin    spoil   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    destroy    dismantle    raze    overturn   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Kalisz    Polish    abolish    polish