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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
demolish \demol"ish\, v. t. imp. p. p. demolished; p. pr.
vb. n. demolishing. f. d'emolir, fr. l. demoliri, p.
p. demolitus; de- + moliri to set a thing in motion, to work,
construct, from moles a huge mass or structure. see mole a
mound, and finish.
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
i expected the fabric of my book would long since have
been demolished, and laid even with the ground.
--tillotson.
syn: to demolish, overturn, destroy, dismantle,
raze. that is overturned or overthrown which had stood
upright; that is destroyed whose component parts are
scattered; that is demolished which had formed a mass or
structure; that is dismantled which is stripped of its
covering, as a vessel of its sails, or a fortress of its
bastions, etc.; that is razed which is brought down
smooth, and level to the ground. an ancient pillar is
overturned or overthrown as the result of decay; a city
is destroyed by an invasion of its enemies; a monument,
the walls of a castle, a church, or any structure, real
or imaginary, may be demolished; a fortress may be
dismantled from motives of prudence, in order to render
it defenseless; a city may be razed by way of
punishment, and its ruins become a memorial of
vengeance.
1913 webster
see also:
demolished demolishing mole finish demolish overturn
destroy dismantle raze
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
demolished
adj : torn down and broken up syn: dismantled, razed
see also:
dismantled razed
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demolished_pag1.html Capability Myths Demolished
...Capability Myths Demolished. Mark Miller. Combex, Inc.. markm. caplet ... ..
http://www.zesty.ca/capmyths/, score=100, date indexed=January 30, 2006, 4:31 am The Demolished Man
...The Demolished Man. Sunday, August 01, 2004. . I saw the ghostly tour ... ..
http://demolished-man.blogspot.com/, score=73, date indexed=January 1, 2006, 1:51 am WW2 Wartime UK Airfields & Control Tower List
...Demolished. Yes 1944. airfield + control tower = www.controltowers.co. ... Demolished 1977. Yes 1973, 1975. Pocklington. Yorkshire. Demolished. ... ..
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/new_2002.htm, score=69, date indexed=November 25, 2005, 7:57 am B'Tselem - Photo Archive
...Nabil Shaban's demolished house in the a-Zeitun neighborhood in the Ga ... Children standing on the rubble of their home which was demolished to ... ..
http://www.btselem.org/English/Photo_Archive/List.asp?x_Concatenate=06&z_Concatenate=LIKE,%27%25,%25%27, score=62, date indexed=January 19, 2006, 9:29 pm Airfield List of World War Two (S of A-Z)
...Demolished. Yes, 1972. Sullom Voe. Shetland Isles, Scot. Demolished. ... Gloucestershire. Demolished. No. Southrop. Gloucestershire. Demolished ... ..
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/Slist.htm, score=59, date indexed=November 23, 2005, 10:14 pm diary of an anti-chomskyite
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http://www.antichomsky.blogspot.com/, score=59, date indexed=February 4, 2006, 3:33 am Category:Demolished buildings
...... in=en&term=Demolished_buildings">Category:Demolished buildings</a></ ... Now totally demolished. Also added is Clinton Valley Center from ... ..
http://www.omniknow.com/common/wiki.php?in=en&term=Category:Demolished_buildings, score=51, date indexed=November 19, 2005, 10:16 am Airfield Control Tower of WW2 (H of A-Z)
...Demolished 1960s. Yes, 1946, 1950. Honington. Suffolk. Demolished. Yes ... Demolished 1984. Yes, 1982. Holmsley South. Hampshire. Demolished. No ... ..
http://www.controltowers.co.uk/Hlist.htm, score=51, date indexed=November 24, 2005, 2:14 am Demolished Broadway Theatres: G to He
...This name has been connected with two demolished 42nd Street theatres ... Renamed the Embassy in 1980, it was one of five theatres demolished to ... ..
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