Demolish (Verb)
Meaning 1
Eat up completely, as with great appetite; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- The crowd demolished the free food in minutes after the football game.
- After a week of dieting, Sarah demolished an entire slice of chocolate cake in one sitting.
- The rowdy partygoers demolished the hotel buffet, leaving nothing but empty platters and discarded utensils.
- The voracious football players demolished the snack bar's entire stock of beef jerky and energy bars.
- The family of four demolished three large buckets of fried chicken and a dozen sides during their summer vacation dinner.
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Meaning 2
Defeat soundly and humiliatingly; "The home team demolished the visitors".
Classification
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities.
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Meaning 3
Destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
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Meaning 4
Ruin or destroy; "his book demolishes an old myth"; "demolished my reputation"; "the professor demolished the student's argument".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.