demolish

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• /dᵻˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
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Attested since the 16th century; from Middle French demoliss-, the stem of some conjugated forms of the verb demolir (“to destroy”, “to tear down”), from Latin dēmōlior (“to tear down”). Displaced native Old English tōweorpan (literally “to throw apart”).

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: dërmoj — to destroy
• Albanian: prish — to destroy
• Arabic: هَدَمَ (hadama) — to destroy
• Azerbaijani: sökmək — to destroy
• Azerbaijani: dağıtmaq — to destroy
• Azerbaijani: uçurmaq — to destroy
• Bashkir: емереү (yemerew) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: събарям (sǎbarjam) — to destroy
• Bulgarian: разрушавам (razrušavam) — to destroy
• Catalan: enderrocar — to destroy
• Chichewa: kugwétsa — to destroy
• Chinese Mandarin: 拆除 (chāichú) — to destroy
• Czech: bourat — to destroy
• Czech: demolovat — to destroy
• Danish: demolere — to destroy
• Danish: rive ned — to destroy
• Danish: sløjfe — to destroy
• Dutch: slopen — to destroy
• Esperanto: malkonstrui — to destroy
• Estonian: lammutama — to destroy
• Finnish: tuhota — to destroy
• Finnish: hajottaa — to destroy
• French: démolir — to destroy
• Georgian: დანგრევა (dangreva) — to destroy
• German: abreißen — to destroy
• German: niederreißen — to destroy
• Greek: γκρεμίζω (gkremízo) — to destroy
• Greek: κατεδαφίζω (katedafízo) — to destroy
• Ancient Greek: κατασκάπτω (kataskáptō) — to destroy
• Ancient Greek: καθαιρέω (kathairéō) — to destroy
• Hebrew: הרס (harás) — to destroy
• Higaonon: ginuba — to destroy
• Hungarian: bont — to destroy
• Hungarian: ledönt — to destroy
• Indonesian: hancur lebur — to destroy
• Italian: demolire — to destroy
• Japanese: 崩す (kuzusu) — to destroy
• Japanese: 取り壊す (surikowasu) — to destroy
• Khmer: រុះរើ (ruhrəə) — to destroy
• Kumyk: дагъытмакъ (dağıtmaq) — to destroy
• Central Kurdish: ڕوخاندن (ruxandin) — to destroy
• Latin: dēmōlior — to destroy
• Latin: dēruō — to destroy
• Latin: disturbō — to destroy
• Māori: tukituki — to destroy
• Mizo: ṭhiat — to destroy
• Norman: dêmoli — to destroy
• Norwegian Bokmål: rive — to destroy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: rive — to destroy
• Old English: tōweorpan — to destroy
• Old English: brēatan — to destroy
• Polish: demolować — to destroy
• Polish: zdemolować — to destroy
• Polish: burzyć — to destroy
• Polish: zburzyć — to destroy
• Portuguese: demolir — to destroy
• Romanian: dărâma — to destroy
• Russian: разруша́ть (razrušátʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: разру́шить (razrúšitʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: сноси́ть (snosítʹ) — to destroy
• Russian: снести́ (snestí) — to destroy
• Scottish Gaelic: dì-làraich — to destroy
• Slovak: búrať — to destroy
• Spanish: demoler — to destroy
• Swedish: riva — to destroy
• Tagalog: gibain — to destroy
• Turkish: yıkmak — to destroy
• Ottoman Turkish: ییقمق (yıkmak) — to destroy
• Ottoman Turkish: بوزمق (bozmak) — to destroy
• Ukrainian: руйнува́ти (rujnuváty) — to destroy
• Ukrainian: зруйнува́ти (zrujnuváty) — to destroy
• Ukrainian: зно́сити (znósyty) — to destroy
• Ukrainian: знести́ (znestý) — to destroy
• Ukrainian: розва́лювати (rozváljuvaty) — to destroy
• Vietnamese: phá hủy — to destroy