Definition for Demolition:

• The act of demolishing; destruction.

Synonyms for Demolition:

• n.

  •
  • defeat,
  • elimination,
  • beating,
  • hammering,
  • fall,
  • rout,
  • leveling,
  • annihilation,
  • massacre,
  • wrecking,
  • explosion.
  •
  • the ravages of something,
  • sabotage,
  • damage,
  • decay.
  •act (noun)
  • demolition.
  •annihilation (noun)
  • demolishments,
  • ex terminations,
  • ex-termination,
  • decimations,
  • ex-terminations.
  •demolition (noun)
  • destruction.
  •destruction (noun)
  • extermination,
  • Bulldozing,
  • devastation,
  • violation,
  • knocking down,
  • razing.
  •devastation (noun)
  • de predation,
  • de foliations,
  • de-foliation,
  • de-predation,
  • de solations,
  • defoliations,
  • de foliation,
  • de predations,
  • de-solations,
  • de-solation,
  • de-foliations,
  • de solation,
  • de-predations.
  •disposal (noun)
  • de-stroying,
  • barterings,
  • dis-cardings,
  • jettisonings,
  • dis-carding,
  • de stroying,
  • dis positions,
  • dis-positions,
  • re-legations,
  • dispatchings,
  • demolishings,
  • discardings,
  • re legations,
  • dis patching,
  • dis-position,
  • auctionings,
  • dis cardings,
  • vendings,
  • dis carding,
  • re-legation,
  • chuckings,
  • dis-patching,
  • dis position,
  • junkings,
  • re legation.
  •event (noun)
  • wipeout.
  •ruin (noun)
  • crackups,
  • the end,
  • crackup.
  •sabotage (noun)
  • undermining,
  • subversiveness.
  •undermining (noun)
  • under-minings,
  • under-mining,
  • under mining,
  • under minings.
  •weapon (noun)
  • bomb.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • implosion,
  • dereliction,
  • decoration,
  • revenge,
  • fragmentation,
  • drubbing,
  • putrefaction,
  • wreck,
  • depredation,
  • cave in,
  • disrepair,
  • wear and tear,
  • ruin,
  • corrosion,
  • shellacking,
  • detriment,
  • desolation,
  • spoilage.
  •
  • hiding,
  • harm,
  • breakage,
  • detonation,
  • whipping,
  • Pasting,
  • rupture,
  • licking.
  •
  • scalp,
  • corruption.
  •
  • cost,
  • toll,
  • collapse.
  •
  • ill.
  •
  • trail.
  •
  • wear,
  • burst.
  •piracy
  • vandalism.

Paraphrases for Demolition:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    devastation.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    disintegration, obliteration, annihilation.

• Independent

  • Proper noun, singular
    Destroying.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    deconstruction, downing, blasting, redevelopment, resettlement, relocation, degradation, deterioration, slaughter, Destroying, disruption.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    Bulldozing, scrapping, elimination, disbandment, blitz.

Antonyms for Demolition:

• n.

  • destruction
    construction, fixing, production, building, repair.
  • Other antonyms:
    remodeling, re-creation, reclamation, Regeneracy, salvage, protection, raising, salvation, renovation, saving, refurbishment, restoration, reconstruction, rescue.

Demolition Sentence Examples:

• But with fewer women than men, a fight inevitably had ensued, with thorough demolition of the plaster walls and shutters.

• He offered the Dutch a strong barrier, a favourable treaty of commerce and the demolition of the defences of Dunkirk; and there were many in Holland who would have accepted his terms.

Hypernym for Demolition:

• n.

  • event
    ruin, depredation, ruination, rack, obliteration, wrecking, annihilation, razing, disintegration, eradication, wrack, ravage.

Hyponym for Demolition:

• n.

  • act
    devastation, destruction.
  • event
    ending, finish, conclusion.