to demolish
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4.2
- verb
- /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ/
:
refutar
- The most obvious, easiest way I think, to demolish that position from a civil libertarian perspective is to simply point out another fact.
I think the idea of demolishing capitalism, right?
- I think the idea of demolishing capitalism, right?
- So in the course of trying to create a new state, you demolish much of that which came before.
- These narrow hallways of thought can absolutely demolish creativity.
- But it's so painful when that happens because it takes your confidence and demolishes it.
- He attacks and perhaps, you know, if you buy into his reasonings, demolishes the arguments that that most people tend to make.
- Or, you know, David Hume setting up opponents arguments to, to demolish them and everything in between.
- So I think we've got here a very clear set of arguments that completely demolish the economic case for leaving the European Union.
- When you're working with people who've been through that, a lot of people take it so personally that it demolishes them and destabilizes them for the future.
- Is it trying to, you know, demolish a, a, a struggle by, by going and doing something else?
- And everybody has believed Ashmole and in fact his article demolishing Caesar.
- And I'm giving this speech and all those people are like trying to like really like demolish, you know, the presentation and my research.
Examples
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There are really only two things that utterly demolish the idea that Obama is a centrist.
Blog text (16) -
And I'm giving this speech and all those people are like trying to like really like demolish, you know, the presentation and my research.
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So in the course of trying to create a new state, you demolish much of that which came before.
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And yet you sort of to demolish both these approaches to thinking about how we should eat.
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So I think we've got here a very clear set of arguments that completely demolish the economic case for leaving the European Union.
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As a result, the basic elements of good governance were slowly demolished in the Congo.
Academic text (2003) -
Douglas demolished the court's arguments in Dred Scott.
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But any notion that MacGowan and Ordway's idea is a fluke is demolished by looking at more current literature.
Academic text (2003) -
Juliet Schor does an excellent job of demolishing both of these myths in The Overworked American.
Blog text (15) -
The journalist's article aimed to demolish the misconceptions surrounding climate change with strong evidence.
Synonyms
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2.0
Destroy or badly damage something so it cannot be used
225
2.9
To badly damage or destroy something
221
4.9
To destroy something greatly or make people feel deeply shocked and sad
123
3.7
To destroy a building or other structure completely
112
2.6
To tear something into small thin pieces
85
6.6
Remove something harmful completely, for example a disease or pest
73
6.6
To damage a place or thing very badly
71
7.5
To destroy something completely so nothing remains
66
6.3
To harm someone's reputation so others stop trusting them
63
7.5
To destroy completely, often killing many people
63
4.6
Knock down a building or other large structure completely
60
6.9
To destroy something completely, often on purpose
57
3.2
Make a building or wall fall down suddenly
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7.6
To destroy something completely so nothing is left
12
7.9
To destroy a place and leave it ruined
11
4.1
To completely destroy something, often hopes or plans
10
6.9
Tear something into many pieces or say very bad things about it
10
9.1
To take away an important part so something loses its power
1
9.2
To destroy a place with very powerful weapons like bombs
1
9.9
To destroy something completely, including its root
Something that causes complete destruction or total defeat
Antonyms
How Destroyed
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7.5
15
4.2
- Formal
88
6.2
- Formal
552
4.3
777
3.5
Surface Forms
Etymology
Demolish comes from Latin parts de- 'down' and moliri 'to build', so it once meant to 'un-build'; that's why to demolish an idea or reputation is to pull it down and completely ruin it.