B2verb · transitive · rare

demolish

demolish · demolishes · demolished · demolishing

зруйнувати, руйнувати, знести, зносити

разрушить, снести, разрушать, сносить

abreißen, niederreißen

To destroy, especially in a planned or intentional fashionTo destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.

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/dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/

» The building is being demolished.

Das Gebäude wird abgerissen.

Здание разрушается.

Будівлю зносять.

Meaning

3 senses

(literally, transitive)To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.
abreißen, niederreißen
разруша́тьrazrušátʹ, разру́шитьrazrúšitʹ, сноси́тьsnosítʹ
руйнува́тиrujnuváty, зруйнува́тиzrujnuváty, зно́ситиznósyty
(figuratively, transitive)To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
(transitive)To devour; to eat up
eat up completely, as with great appetite

Examples

66 sentences

The building is being demolished.
Будівлю зносять.
ruЗдание разрушается.
deDas Gebäude wird abgerissen.
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The shopping center will be demolished.
ruТорговый центр будет снесён.
deDas Einkaufszentrum wird abgerissen werden.
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This building will be demolished next month.
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They're going to demolish that old building.
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I watched them demolish that old building.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

to destroy:

Русский

By meaning 1

to destroy:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

to destroy:

Origin

Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated

Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin dēmōlior (“to tear down”). Displaced native Old English tōweorpan (literally “to throw apart”).

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