"demolition" meaning in English

See demolition in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ [UK, US], [ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.n̩] [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-demolition.wav Forms: demolitions [plural]
Etymology: From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō "a tearing down". Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|demolition}} Old French demolition, {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} demolition (countable and uncountable, plural demolitions)
  1. The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures. Wikipedia link: demolition Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: demolition derby Related terms: teardown, wrecking ball, wrecking bar Translations (the action of demolishing or destroying): καθαίρεσις (kathaíresis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), هَدْم (hadm) [masculine] (Arabic), քանդում (kʻandum) (Armenian), събаряне (sǎbarjane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), срутване (srutvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), demolició [feminine] (Catalan), ڕوخاندن (ruxandin) (Central Kurdish), demolice (Czech), bourání [neuter] (Czech), ničení [neuter] (Czech), nedrivning [common-gender] (Danish), demolering [common-gender] (Danish), sloop (Dutch), afbraak (Dutch), purku (Finnish), purkaminen (Finnish), hajottaminen (Finnish), démolition [feminine] (French), დანგრევა (dangreva) (Georgian), აღება (aɣeba) (Georgian), დაქცევა (dakceva) (Georgian), Zerstörung [feminine] (German), Abriss [masculine] (German), Demolierung [feminine] (German), Abbruch [masculine] (German), הריסה (harisa) [feminine] (Hebrew), penghancuran (Indonesian), demolizione [feminine] (Italian), disturbātiō [feminine] (Latin), ру́шење (rúšenje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ури́вање (urívanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), perobohan (Malay), tukitukinga (Maori), turakanga (Maori), rozbiórka [feminine] (Polish), demolição [feminine] (Portuguese), снос (snos) [masculine] (Russian), नाश (nāśa) [masculine] (Sanskrit), demolición [feminine] (Spanish), demolering [common-gender] (Swedish), paggiba (Tagalog), demolisyon (Tagalog), знесення (znesennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), chwalu [masculine] (Welsh), chwalfa [feminine] (Welsh), dymchweliad [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1946 January and February, “Notes and News: Demolition of Rhydyfelin Viaduct”, in Railway Magazine, page 52:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "demolish",
          "demolish"
        ],
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "demolition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.n̩]",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "hadm",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "هَدْم"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "kʻandum",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "քանդում"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "sǎbarjane",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "събаряне"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "srutvane",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "срутване"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demolició"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "demolice"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bourání"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ničení"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nedrivning"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "demolering"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "sloop"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "afbraak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "purku"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "purkaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "hajottaminen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "démolition"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dangreva",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "დანგრევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "aɣeba",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "აღება"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dakceva",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "დაქცევა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zerstörung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abriss"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Demolierung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Abbruch"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kathaíresis",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "καθαίρεσις"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "harisa",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "הריסה"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "penghancuran"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demolizione"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "ruxandin",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "ڕوخاندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disturbātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "rúšenje",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ру́шење"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "urívanje",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ури́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "perobohan"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "tukitukinga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "turakanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "rozbiórka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demolição"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snos",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "снос"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "nāśa",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "नाश"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "demolición"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "demolering"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "paggiba"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "word": "demolisyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "znesennja",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "знесення"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chwalu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chwalfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the action of demolishing or destroying",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dymchweliad"
    }
  ],
  "word": "demolition"
}

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