Demolition

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  • noun. The act or process of wrecking or destroying, especially destruction by explosives.
  • noun. Explosives, especially when designed or used as weapons.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying, as a structure; hence, destruction or ruin in general: as, the demolition of a house or of military works; the demolition of a theory.
  • noun. In French law, abatement; annulment: as, an action in demolition of a servitude or a nuisance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. the action of demolishing or destroying, in particular of buildings or other structures
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of demolishing
  • noun. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something