démolir

Meaning

1. to demolish
2. to wreck, to ruin
3. (slang) to shellac

Concepts

demolish

destroy

pull down

take down

ruin

break down

tear down

quash

raze

waste

level

shatter

smash

devastate

crush

dismantle

wreck

knock down

erase

go

kill

🔪🩸👤

knock out

mar

mishandle

murder

abolish

pulverize

push down

rase

ravage

smash up

take to pieces

tear

undo

unmake

wrack

plunder

batter down

blight

bobble

bollix

bollocks

break

breakdown

capsize

cut down

defeat

destruct

disarm

dispel

disrupt

do away with

down

efface

Synonyms

détruire

abattre

casser

briser

ravager

ruiner

abîmer

démonter

dévaster

défaire

rompre

anéantir

démanteler

désunir

ébouler

faire sauter

abaisser

provoquer le naufrage de

arracher

battre

chavirer

désassembler

miner

niveau

ramener

raser

saccager

avarier

déblayer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/de.mɔ.liʁ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēmōlīrī (“to demolish”).