Dictionary Entry
demolish
demolish is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
8 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
- 2verb
defeat soundly
"The home team demolished the visitors"
Synonyms
- 3verb
destroy completely
"the wrecking ball demolished the building"
"demolish your enemies"
- 4verb
humiliate or depress completely
"She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"
"The death of her son smashed her"
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