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Definition of Demolition
1. Noun. An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something.
Generic synonyms: Conclusion, Ending, Finish
Specialized synonyms: Annihilation, Disintegration, Eradication, Obliteration, Depredation, Ravage, Razing, Wrecking, Ruin, Ruination, Rack, Wrack
Derivative terms: Demolish, Destroy, Wipe Out, Wipe Out, Wipe Out, Wipe Out, Wipe Out
2. Noun. The act of demolishing.
Definition of Demolition
1. n. The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
Definition of Demolition
1. Noun. the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Demolition
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demolition
Literary usage of Demolition
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution by Philip Morin Freneau, Fred Lewis Pattee (1907)
"In the edition of 1795 the title was "On the demolition of a Log-College," and
in the index of the edition of 1809, the text of which I have used, ..."
2. The Engineer in War: With Special Reference to the Training of the Engineer by Paul Stanley Bond (1916)
"demolition on a large scale (except in emergency) should not ordinarily be permitted
... As in all the operations of war so in military demolition there is ..."
3. The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical by Alexander Chalmers (1802)
"Pray, Mr. Ironside, repeat this last particular, and put it in a different letter,
That the demolition of Dunkirk will remove France many hundred miles ..."
4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Opinion relative to the demolition of Mr. Carroll's house by Major L'Enfant, in
laying out the Federal city. December n, 1791. ..."
5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"Observations on Major L'Enfant's letter of December 7th, 1791, to the President,
justifying his demolition of the house of Mr. Carroll, of Duddington. ..."
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