demolition

See also: démolition

English

A building being demolished.

Play media

Video of a demolition.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) 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

• Armenian: քանդում (hy) (kʿandum)
• Bulgarian: събаряне (bg) n (sǎbarjane), срутване (bg) n (srutvane)
• Chinese:

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

• 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

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

  Sorani: ڕوخاندن‏‎ (RookhAndin)

• Maori: tukitukinga
• Portuguese: demolição (pt) f
• Russian: снос (ru) m (snos)
• Spanish: demolición f

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