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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
demolishes, demolishing, demolished |
| definition 1: |
to tear down or raze (a building or the like).
- synonyms:
- level, raze, tear down, wreck
- antonyms:
- construct, erect, found, raise, rebuild
- similar words:
- destroy, down, total
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| definition 2: |
to break apart; smash.
- synonyms:
- break
- antonyms:
- restore
- similar words:
- destroy, pulverize, raze, shatter, smash, total
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| definition 3: |
to put an end to; do away with; ruin; destroy.
- synonyms:
- destroy, end
- antonyms:
- create, organize, restore
- similar words:
- annihilate, blast, break, devastate, do away with, eradicate, pulverize, ravage, ruin, shatter, smash, stop, terminate, total, wreck
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| definition 4: |
to damage or discredit (a reputation, pretension, or the like).
- synonyms:
- damage, discredit, ruin
- antonyms:
- confirm, strengthen
- similar words:
- debase, degrade, demean, devastate, disgrace, dishonor, wreck
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| related words: |
abolish, consume, extinguish, harry, kill, liquidate, obliterate, quash, waste |
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| derivations: |
demolisher (n.), demolishment (n.) |
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