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• Demolition — Dem o*li tion (?; 277), n. [L. demolitio, fr. demoliri: cf. F. d[ e]molition. See {Demolish}.] The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; opposed to construction; as, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• demolition — n 1. razing, tearing down, pulling down, taking down, bringing down, breaking down, throwing down, beating down; casting down, knocking down, flinging down, hurling down, precipitation; felling, leveling, prostration; cutting down, chopping down …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

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• ruination — n 1. demolition, wiping out, laying waste, gutting, devastation, desolation; destroying, bringing to ruin, laying in ruins; wrecking, knocking to pieces, dashing to pieces, smashing; dismantling, disassembly, taking apart. 2. razing, tearing down …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder