DEMOLITION
Dictionary entry overview: What does demolition mean?
• DEMOLITION (noun)
The noun DEMOLITION has 2 senses:
1. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
2. the act of demolishing
Familiarity information: DEMOLITION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DEMOLITION (noun)
Meaning:
An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
demolition; wipeout; destruction
Hypernyms ("demolition" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demolition"):
annihilation; disintegration (total destruction)
eradication; obliteration (the complete destruction of every trace of something)
depredation; ravage ((usually plural) a destructive action)
razing; wrecking (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)
ruin; ruination (an event that results in destruction)
rack; wrack (the destruction or collapse of something)
Meaning:
The act of demolishing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("demolition" is a kind of...):
destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)
