demolish

Betekenis (Engels)

1. To destroy (buildings, etc.), especially in a planned or intentional fashion.
2. To defeat, refute, discredit, or consume utterly (as a theory, belief or opponent).
3. To devour; to eat up

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/dəˈmɒl.ɪʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

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 (“I tear down”). Displaced native Old English tōweorpan (literally “to throw apart”).

Sinne

So there was no pressure to demolish old buildings to put new ones at their place .