demolished
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4.1
- adjective
- /dɪˈmɑːlɪʃt/
- The old factory was completely demolished to make way for new apartments.
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Watch on YouTubeRight now, the place looks as demolished as it did a few weeks ago when I filmed that section, if not even more, which is super exciting.
- Right now, the place looks as demolished as it did a few weeks ago when I filmed that section, if not even more, which is super exciting.
- After all that years and years and decades of erased memory, demolished portraits, written textbooks, we know our lesson well enough.
- Yeah, we'll grow off a, a demolished base at a lower rate and we will not solve the problem of persistent unemployment.
Examples
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The city council decided to have the abandoned school demolished due to safety concerns.
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Right now, the place looks as demolished as it did a few weeks ago when I filmed that section, if not even more, which is super exciting.
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Yeah, we'll grow off a, a demolished base at a lower rate and we will not solve the problem of persistent unemployment.
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We're driving by some of the towns that have been demolished, the people forced to move to make way for the construction of neon.
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Today, much of the base is demolished in what's left locally overgrown.
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After all that years and years and decades of erased memory, demolished portraits, written textbooks, we know our lesson well enough.
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After the earthquake, many buildings were left demolished and in ruins.
Synonyms
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2.8
Very badly damaged and no longer usable, often after a war or storm
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4.0
Badly damaged after an accident or disaster
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4.7
Taken apart so it no longer works as a whole
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6.5
Completely destroyed so nothing is left
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6.7
Destroyed completely so nothing is left standing
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Etymology
Demolished comes from the Latin parts de- meaning 'down' and moles meaning 'mass' or 'large structure', so it gives the image of taking a building down. That's why demolished means 'torn down and destroyed'.