demolir — meaning in English

English meaning

• demolish verb To tear down or destroy a building or structure, usually deliberately.
• 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

demolir is used for these senses in English:

• demolish To devour; to eat up
• 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.

raze — full definition

1. verb To tear a building, town, or structure down completely, leaving nothing standing.
2. verb To scrape, shave, or graze something lightly, or to cut a shallow mark into a surface.

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