OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 27673

demolish

/dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
demoler
To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
The station did not have a long life, as it was demolished between 1884 and 1888 to make room for a new and larger station which forms part of the present Liverpool Exchange Statio…
They demolished the old mill and put up four townhouses.