English主要词典
demolish
Universal Words
verb [VN]
1 to pull or knock down a building:
The factory was demolished in 1980. * The building will have to be demolished.
2 to show that an idea or theory is completely wrong:
A recent book has demolished this theory.
3 to defeat sb easily and completely:
They demolished New Zealand 226 in the final.
4 (BrE, informal) to eat sth very quickly:
The children demolished their burgers and chips.
demolition noun [U,C]:
The whole row of houses is scheduled for demolition. * His speech did a very effective demolition job on the government's proposals.