demolish

Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/

The English word “demolish” has 3 meanings listed here.

verb

To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
To devour; to eat up

Etymology

Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin dēmōlior (“to tear down”). Displaced native Old English tōweorpan (literally “to throw apart”).

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