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démolir — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cream noun The rich, fatty part of milk that rises to the top, or a dairy product made from it.
  • demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  • tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.

Senses

démolir is used for these senses in English:

  • bang up (transitive, informal) To damage.
  • blow to kingdom come (transitive, idiomatic) To totally destroy (something); to annihilate or wipe out (something).
  • cream (transitive, slang) To obliterate, to defeat decisively.
  • demolish To devour; to eat up
  • pull down (transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.).
  • tear (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.

cream — full definition

  1. noun The rich, fatty part of milk that rises to the top, or a dairy product made from it.
  2. noun A thick, smooth cosmetic or medicinal substance applied to the skin.
  3. noun The best part of a group; the finest examples.
  4. adj Having a pale yellowish-white color.
  5. verb To beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.

demolish — full definition

  1. verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  2. verb To thoroughly defeat, disprove, or destroy something such as an argument, theory, or opponent.

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