demolition
/ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
demolition noun: the process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
Noun
demolition (countable and uncountable, plural demolitions)
- The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
- During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150...1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 52
- At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them.1955 December, “Notes and News: Women Delay Railway Demolition”, in Railway Magazine, page 878
demolition meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Telugu
demolition in Hindi
- the action of demolishing or destroying
- विनाश vināś, विध्वंस vidhvans
demolition in Tamil
- தகர்த்தல்
demolition in Urdu
- انہدام
demolition in Telugu
- కూల్చివేత
More languagesFewer languages
- demolition in Malayalam
- ഇടിച്ചുപൊളിക്കൽ, തകർക്കൽ, പാഴാക്കൽ, ഉന്മൂലനം
- demolition in Kannada
- ಕಡಹುವಿಕೆ, ಉರುಳಿಸುವಿಕೆ, ನಾಶಗೊಳಿಸಿಕೆ
- demolition in Punjabi
- ਢਾਹੁਣ
- demolition in Sanskrit
- नाश nāśa
- demolition in Tagalog
- paggiba, demolisyon
- demolition in Arabic
- هَدْم hadm
- demolition in Malay
- perobohan
- demolition in Indonesian
- penghancuran
Examples of demolition in a sentence
- Thanks to a bureaucratic fait accompli, the demolition was already approved and has already started.
- The demolition squad neatly blew the old hotel up.
- They protested the demolition of the school.
Forms of demolition
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Origin of demolition
From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō (“a tearing down”). Equivalent to demolish + -ion.
Words formed from demolition
Phrases with demolition
Questions about demolition
- What does demolition mean?
- Demolition means the process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
- What is demolition in Hindi?
- Demolition in Hindi is विनाश (vināś), विध्वंस (vidhvans). See Demolition meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is demolition?
- Demolition is a noun.
- How do you pronounce demolition?
- Demolition is pronounced /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of demolition?
- The plural of demolition is demolitions.
Words near demolition in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: demolition (page history and authors); demolition (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demolition (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demolition (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); demolition (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demolition (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); demolition (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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