English [ edit ] A building being demolished. Video of a demolition . Etymology [ edit ] From Old French demolition Latin dēmōlītiō
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( UK , US ) IPA (key ) : /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ , [ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.n̩]
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demolition (countable and uncountable plural demolitions
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
1946 Railway Magazine , page 52 :During the war, but unrecorded because of the requirements of censorship, a link with the now partly-abandoned Cardiff Railway disappeared with the demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct, near Treforest, South Wales, in the latter part of 1942. The steelwork in this structure, amounting to nearly 1,150 tons, was salvaged as scrap metal to assist the war effort.
Derived terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] the action of demolishing or destroying
Arabic: هَدْم (ar) m ( hadm )
Armenian: քանդում (hy) ( kʻandum )
Bulgarian: събаряне (bg) n ( sǎbarjane ) , срутване (bg) n ( srutvane )
Catalan: demolició (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: (please verify ) 破壞 ／ 破坏 (zh) ( pòhuài )
Czech: demolice (cs) , bourání n ničení (cs) n
Danish: nedrivning c demolering c
Dutch: sloop (nl) , afbraak (nl)
Finnish: purku (fi) , purkaminen (fi) , hajottaminen (fi)
French: démolition (fr) f
Georgian: დანგრევა ( dangreva ) , აღება ( aɣeba ) , დაქცევა ( dakceva )
German: Zerstörung (de) f Abriss (de) m Demolierung f Abbruch (de) m
Greek:
Ancient: καθαίρεσις f ( kathaíresis )
Hebrew: הריסה f ( harisa )
Italian: demolizione (it) f
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ڕوخاندن ( ruxandin )
Latin: disturbātiō (la) f
Macedonian: ру́шење n ( rúšenje ) , ури́вање n ( urívanje )
Maori: tukitukinga turakanga
Polish: rozbiórka (pl) f
Portuguese: demolição (pt) f
Russian: снос (ru) m ( snos )
Sanskrit: नाश (sa) m ( nāśa )
Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: demolición f
Swedish: demolering (sv) c
Ukrainian: знесення n ( znesennja )
Welsh: chwalu (cy) m chwalfa f dymchweliad m
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