DEMOLISH Synonyms
There are 13 hypernyms of the word demolish. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| consume | verbv | |||||
verb • eat up completely, as with great appetite • serve oneself to, or consume regularly • spend extravagantly • destroy completely • use up (resources or materials) • engage fully | ||||||
| destroy | verbv | |||||
verb • do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of • destroy completely; damage irreparably • defeat soundly and humiliatingly • put (an animal) to death | ||||||
| devour | verbv | |||||
verb • to consume • enjoy avidly • eat up completely, as with great appetite • eat greedily | ||||||
| down | verb, adverbv, adv | |||||
adjective • being or moving lower in position or less in some value noun • soft fine feathers • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) • (American football) a complete play to advance the football • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) adverb • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position • away from a more central or a more northerly place • paid in cash at time of purchase • from an earlier time • to a lower intensity • in an inactive or inoperative state adjective satellite • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place • becoming progressively lower • being put out in a game of baseball • understood perfectly • lower than previously • shut • not functioning (temporarily or permanently) • filled with melancholy and despondency verb • drink down entirely • eat up completely, as with great appetite • bring down or defeat (an opponent) • shoot at and force to come down • cause to come or go down • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing | ||||||
| pulverise | verbv | |||||
verb • destroy completely • become powder or dust • make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust | ||||||
| pulverize | verbv | |||||
verb • make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust • destroy completely • become powder or dust | ||||||
| go through | verbv | |||||
verb • undergo or live through a difficult experience • apply thoroughly; think through • eat up completely, as with great appetite | ||||||
