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

1. transitive 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.
2. verb. defeat soundly

   "The home team demolished the visitors"

   Synonyms: destroy

3. verb. destroy completely

   "the wrecking ball demolished the building"

   "demolish your enemies"

   Synonyms: pulverise, pulverize

4. verb. humiliate or depress completely

   "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"

   "The death of her son smashed her"

   Synonyms: crush, smash

Synonyms

destroy, pulverise, pulverize, crush, smash

Common word forms

demolished, demolisher, demolishes, demolishing, demolishment

Words from these letters

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