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DEMOLISH Synonyms

There are 7 synonyms of the word demolish. (exact relations)
There are 13 hypernyms of the word demolish. (close relations)
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Best Alternative Words for DEMOLISH

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consume
verbv
verb

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• serve oneself to, or consume regularly

• spend extravagantly

• destroy completely

• use up (resources or materials)

• engage fully

destroy
verbv
verb

• do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

• destroy completely; damage irreparably

• defeat soundly and humiliatingly

• put (an animal) to death

devour
verbv
verb

• to consume

• enjoy avidly

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• eat greedily

down
verb, adverbv, adv
adjective

• being or moving lower in position or less in some value

noun

• soft fine feathers

• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

• (American football) a complete play to advance the football

• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

adverb

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• away from a more central or a more northerly place

• paid in cash at time of purchase

• from an earlier time

• to a lower intensity

• in an inactive or inoperative state

adjective satellite

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• becoming progressively lower

• being put out in a game of baseball

• understood perfectly

• lower than previously

• shut

• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

verb

• drink down entirely

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• bring down or defeat (an opponent)

• shoot at and force to come down

• cause to come or go down

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

pulverise
verbv
verb

• destroy completely

• become powder or dust

• make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

pulverize
verbv
verb

• make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust

• destroy completely

• become powder or dust

go through
verbv
verb

• undergo or live through a difficult experience

• apply thoroughly; think through

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

Best Hypernyms For DEMOLISH

Here is a list of related hypernyms for demolish, these are close relations that fall within the same topic. Most relevant words are highlighted and in order.
Words (10)
destroy destruct defeat eradicate finish obliterate overcome raze wreck demolishment
Phrases (3)
eat upget the better ofpolish off

Alternatives for CONSUME

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