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demolitionist

demolitionist noun: one who carries out demolition.

Noun

demolitionist (plural demolitionists)

  1. One who carries out demolition.
    • Eventually seven days' efforts by professional demolitionists succeeded in reducing the building to debris.2007, Bernard Wasserstein, Barbarism and civilization: a history of Europe in our time

Forms of demolitionist

pluraldemolitionists

Origin of demolitionist

From demolition + -ist.

Questions about demolitionist

What does demolitionist mean?
Demolitionist means one who carries out demolition.
What part of speech is demolitionist?
Demolitionist is a noun.
What is the plural of demolitionist?
The plural of demolitionist is demolitionists.

Words near demolitionist in the dictionary

  1. demolition
  2. demolition ball
  3. demolition balls
  4. demolition derbies
  5. demolition derby
  6. demolitionist
  7. demolitionists
  8. demolitions
  9. demolitive
  10. demology
  11. demomaker

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