demolition

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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃ.ən/
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• CMU ARPABET: D EH2 M AH0 L IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō (“a tearing down”). Equivalent to demolish + -ion.

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: هَدْم (hadm) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Armenian: քանդում (kʻandum) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Bulgarian: събаряне (sǎbarjane) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Bulgarian: срутване (srutvane) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Catalan: demolició — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Czech: demolice — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Czech: bourání — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Czech: ničení — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Danish: nedrivning — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Danish: demolering — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Dutch: sloop — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Dutch: afbraak — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Finnish: purku — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Finnish: purkaminen — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Finnish: hajottaminen — the action of demolishing or destroying
• French: démolition — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Georgian: დანგრევა (dangreva) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Georgian: აღება (aɣeba) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Georgian: დაქცევა (dakceva) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• German: Zerstörung — the action of demolishing or destroying
• German: Abriss — the action of demolishing or destroying
• German: Demolierung — the action of demolishing or destroying
• German: Abbruch — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Ancient Greek: καθαίρεσις (kathaíresis) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Hebrew: הריסה (harisa) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Hindi: विनाश (vināś) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Hindi: विध्वंस (vidhvans) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Indonesian: penghancuran — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Italian: demolizione — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Central Kurdish: ڕوخاندن (ruxandin) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Latin: disturbātiō — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Macedonian: ру́шење (rúšenje) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Macedonian: ури́вање (urívanje) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Malay: perobohan — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Māori: tukitukinga — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Māori: turakanga — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Polish: rozbiórka — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Portuguese: demolição — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Russian: снос (snos) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Sanskrit: नाश (nāśa) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Spanish: demolición — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Spanish: derribo — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Swahili: ubomoaji — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Swedish: demolering — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Tagalog: paggiba — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Tagalog: demolisyon — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Ukrainian: знесення (znesennja) — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Welsh: chwalu — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Welsh: chwalfa — the action of demolishing or destroying
• Welsh: dymchweliad — the action of demolishing or destroying