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demolishes Definition


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demolish
verb demolishes, demolished, demolishing
    1. To pull or tear down (a building, etc).
      Thesaurus: level, flatten, tear down, knock down, dismantle, wreck, bulldoze.
    2. To destroy (an argument, etc).
      Thesaurus: devastate, obliterate, overthrow, destroy, defeat, pulverize, annihilate.
    3. facetious
      To eat up.
      Example: Nelly demolished the cake
Etymology: 16c: from Latin demoliri to throw down.



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