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demolishing

/dih-mol-ish/US // dɪˈmɒl ɪʃ //UK // (dɪˈmɒlɪʃ) //

拆除,拆毁,拆卸,拆迁

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to destroy or ruin, especially on purpose; tear down; raze.
    • : to put an end to; destroy; explode: The results of his research demolished many theories.
    • : to lay waste to; ruin utterly: The fire demolished the area.
    • : Informal. to devour completely: We simply demolished that turkey.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdestroy; consume

Examples

  • LUCA’s competitors may have survived some time as fossils, but the planet’s tectonic churn has long since demolished its earliest rocks.

  • In 2014 I wrote about a rusty metal box that Anne Smith and Malcolm Bertoni found when they demolished a brick barbecue in their Cleveland Park backyard.

  • Epic is purchasing the 980,000-square-foot Cary Towne Center, which sits on 87 acres, from developers who had previously announced plans to demolish the mall and build a new, mixed-use development.

  • Greig said his family, which has owned the property for the past two decades, can barely afford to demolish the home, let alone move it back on the property line.

  • That demolished Delaware’s record for Democratic primary turnout, set in 2008, when Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton in the race for the small state’s delegates.

  • Eri Hayward is cheerful, even as she drops verbal bombs that demolish mainstream conceptions about being transgender.

  • It will stir things up, but it will not begin to demolish the group.

  • But if the Arab states mustered the will, they could demolish ISIS, as history has shown.

  • They need to demolish their homes and round them up, the way they do it to our children.

  • The sale has hit some snags, but the lease also gives El-Gamel the right to demolish the building.

  • I did not demolish my hut of pearl shells, but left it standing exactly as it had been during the past two and a half years.

  • We then proceeded to demolish everything in sight except the boxes.

  • Hans raged and made as if to demolish the heart, and Gretchen, and indeed the whole dyke, but then he thought of something better.

  • They did not, however, demolish mine; on the contrary, they supplied another and a very curious link in the chain of evidence.

  • These scavengers demolish an incredible amount of meat and blubber in a short time.