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demolire — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
  • level adj Flat and even; at the same height throughout, or matching a given height.
  • raze verb To tear a building, town, or structure down completely, leaving nothing standing.
  • tear verb To pull something apart or make a hole in it by force.

Senses

demolire is used for these senses in English:

  • demolish To devour; to eat up
  • level (transitive) To destroy by reducing to ground level; to raze.
  • pull down (transitive) To demolish or destroy (a building etc.).
  • raze To level or tear down (a building, a town, etc.) to the ground; to demolish.
  • tear (transitive, of structures, with down) To demolish.

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.

level — full definition

  1. adj Flat and even; at the same height throughout, or matching a given height.
  2. noun A particular degree, standard, floor, or stage in a scale, structure, or game.
  3. verb To make something flat or even, or to destroy it completely so nothing is left standing.
  4. verb To aim or direct something, such as an accusation or a weapon, at someone.

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