demolition

See also: démolition

English

A building being demolished.

Video of a demolition.

Etymology

From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō "a tearing down".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃən/

Noun

demolition (countable and uncountable, plural demolitions)

1. The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

Translations

the action of demolishing or destroying

• Arabic: هَدْم (ar) m (hadm)
• Armenian: քանդում (hy) (kʻandum)
• Bulgarian: събаряне (bg) n (sǎbarjane), срутване (bg) n (srutvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 破壞／破坏 (zh) (pòhuài), ^{(please verify)} 破坏 (zh) (pòhuài)

• Czech: demolice (cs), bourání n, ničení (cs) n
• Dutch: sloop (nl), afbraak (nl)
• Finnish: purku (fi), purkaminen (fi), hajottaminen (fi)
• French: démolition (fr) f
• Georgian: დანგრევა (dangreva)
• German: Zerstörung (de) f, Abriss (de) m, Demolierung f, Abbruch (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: καθαίρεσις f (kathaíresis)

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• Hebrew: הריסה f (harisa)
• Italian: demolizione (it) f
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ڕوخاندن (ruxandin)

• Latin: disturbātiō (la) f
• Maori: tukitukinga, turakanga
• Polish: rozbiórka (pl) f
• Portuguese: demolição (pt) f
• Russian: снос (ru) m (snos)
• Sanskrit: नाश (sa) m (nāśa)
• Spanish: demolición f
• Swedish: demolering (sv) c
• Ukrainian: знесення n (znesennja)

Derived terms

• demolition derby

Anagrams

• tolimidone