Demolish

Synonyms for "demolish" (188 found)

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Closest matches (38)

Verb(8 words)

destroy blasted bulldoze bulldozed bulldozes consume crush debunk

abolish annihilate answeranswer conclusivelyargue downatomize blast blot breakbreak into piecesbreak to piecesbreak upburst cleave confound confute contradict controvert crack crash

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crunch crushcut to piecesdamage decapitate decimate deface

Noun(3 words)

blasting bulldozingcollapses of civilization

Strong matches (56)

Verb(15 words)

deface demolishes desolates destroyed destroys destruct destructed destructing devour disprove downgo throughinvalidate kill leveled

defeat deny desolate destroy devastate diffuse dilapidate disassemble disintegrate dismantle dismiss dismount disperse disposedispose ofdisprove disrupt dissolve dynamite end

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fell finish fission flatten floor fragment grind knockknock downlevel

Noun(9 words)

destroying dynamite dynamiting jackhammers junklevel of rebelliousnesslevel plain arealeveling levels

Adjective(2 words)

devastated devastating

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Noun(11 words)

levels of organizationlickingmost continuous tearingravage ravaging razing razzes slaughter slighting wrecking zorch

make mincemeat ofmince nonplus overthrow overturn overwhelm paralyze parrypick to piecespillage pullpull downpull in piecespull to piecespulverizeput to silencequash ravage raze rebut

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reduce to rubblereduce to silencerefute rendroot outroutrub outruin scatter settle shatter shiver shoot shredshut upsilence smashsmash all oppositionsmash upsplinter split spoil squash squelch squish stifle subvert sunder suppress sweep tackletake aparttake downtear aparttear downtear to piecestear to shredstear to tattersterminate topple total unbuild undermine undo unmake uproot upset wrackwrack upwreck

Verb(12 words)

obliterate obliterated pulverise pulverize raze razed razes refute ruin smash trounce wreck

Adjective(1 words)

shattered

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More general

9 entries

defeat destroy destruct disproveeat upfinishget the better ofovercomepolish off

More specific

8 entries

bulldoze crush debunk discredit hammer level raze trounce

Collocations

6 entries

building demolitiondemolition projectold structure demolitionsite demolitionthorough demolitionurban demolition

Inflections

3 entries

demolished demolishes demolishing

Derivations

2 entries

demolishable demolition

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

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They will demolish the building and replace it with a park.

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It took three weeks to demolish the old house.

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They're going to demolish that old building.

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We have to demolish the whole building because of the foundation and to build everything anew.

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