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Demolish Common

Demolish has 5 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

destroy completely

"the wrecking ball demolished the building"

2

ruin or destroy

"his book demolishes an old myth"

"demolished my reputation"

"the professor demolished the student's argument"

3

eat up completely, as with great appetite

"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"

"The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"

4

defeat soundly and humiliatingly

"The home team demolished the visitors"

5

To destroy.

Example Sentences
"the wrecking ball demolished the building" verb
"his book demolishes an old myth" verb
"demolished my reputation" verb
"the professor demolished the student's argument" verb
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" verb
"The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them" verb
"The home team demolished the visitors" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
destroy eat up get the better of
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
smash swallow cut to ribbons
Rhyming Words
ish hish lish tish mish eish rish nish dish bish pish fish kish aish wish gish irish ajish ilish swish
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