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Another word for demolish

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Verb

  1. To pull down or break up so that reconstruction is impossible

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  2. To cause the complete ruin or wreckage of

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Another word for demolish

Verb
  1. See also:

    destroy

    raze

    destroy

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Sentence Examples

  • it was forbidden under penalty of death to demolish crosses and images and to commit other acts of scandal and impious sedition.

  • Before you demolish your kitchen to completely remodel it, take stock of your home improvement skills.

  • The object of the attack on the mole at Zeebrugge was first to seize the battery at the seaward end and prevent it firing at the block ships, and then to demolish the structures on it as far as possible.

  • According to the Annals of the Four Masters a fleet burned Cork in 821; in 846 the Danes appear to have been in possession of the town, for a force was collected to demolish their fortress; and in 1012 Cork again fell in flames.

  • In the Wars of Religion it at first sided with the League, but afterwards opened its gates to the troops of Henry IV., from whom it received the confirmation of its communal privileges and permission to demolish its fortifications.

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