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DEMOLITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of demolishing
Example:
the demolition of the huge tower was quite a spectacle
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("demolition" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
Derivation:
demolish (defeat soundly and humiliatingly)
demolish (destroy completely)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Synonyms:
demolition; destruction; wipeout
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("demolition" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demolition"):
annihilation; disintegration (total destruction)
eradication; obliteration (the complete destruction of every trace of something)
depredation; ravage ((usually plural) a destructive action)
razing; wrecking (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)
ruin; ruination (an event that results in destruction)
rack; wrack (the destruction or collapse of something)
Derivation:
demolish (destroy completely)
