Demolition

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demolition \Dem`o*li"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. demolitio, fr.
     demoliri: cf. F. d['e]molition. See {Demolish}.]
     The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile
     or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; --
     opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of
     military works, of a town, or of hopes.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demolition
       n 1: an event (or the result of an event) that completely
            destroys something [syn: {destruction}, {wipeout}]
       2: the act of demolishing

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "demolition":
     answer, complete answer, confounding, confutation, contradiction,
     controversion, demolishment, denial, disassembly, discrediting,
     dismantlement, effective rejoinder, flattening, leveling,
     overthrow, overthrowal, razing, rebuttal, refutal, refutation,
     smashing, squelch, subversion, tearing down, undermining, unmaking,
     upset, upsetting, wreckage, wrecking