demolish, v.
(demolished, demolishes, demolishing)
freq. cnt. 2
(demolished, demolishes, demolishing)
freq. cnt. 2
destroy completely
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
demolish pulverise pulverize
sample sentences
"the wrecking ball demolished the building"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
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hypernym
defeat soundly and humiliatingly
<verb.competition> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
demolish destroy
sample sentences
"The home team demolished the visitors"verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThe fighter managed to %s his opponent
verb frames
Somebody ----s somebodyThe cars %s down the avenue
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
eat up completely, as with great appetite
<verb.consumption> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1
consume demolish devour down go through
sample sentences
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal""The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
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Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
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Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
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Somebody ----s somethingThey %s more bread
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
ruin or destroy
<verb.creation>
demolish
sample sentences
"his book demolishes an old myth""demolished my reputation"
"the professor demolished the student's argument"
verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
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