Meaning & use
demolish
To completely tear down or destroy a building or structure.
See it in a sentence
Crews demolished the abandoned factory to make room for new apartments.
The old bridge was demolished after engineers deemed it unsafe.
A note on using this word
Informally, it can also mean to thoroughly defeat an argument or opponent, as in "she demolished his argument."
Words with a similar meaning
razetear down
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Words with an opposite meaning
buildconstruct
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