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DEMOLISH

\dɪmˈɒlɪʃ], \dɪmˈɒlɪʃ], \d_ɪ_m_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_ʃ]\

Definitions of DEMOLISH

2006 - WordNet 3.0
2011 - English Dictionary Database
2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

To throw down; reduce to ruins.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To reduce to a shapeless heap: to destroy, ruin.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

To pull down; destroy; ruin.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

To tear or throw down; destroy; ruin.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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