slopen

Meaning

1. (literally,transitive) to demolish
2. (figuratively,transitive) to waste someone, beat up
3. (figuratively,transitive) to exhaust

Concepts

destroy

demolish

consume

pull down

take down

use up

breakdown

quash

sap

abase

appease

assuage

beat

butcher

calm

chop

cover

cut off

defeat

depress

dig up

discourage

dishearten

down

drop

enervate

enfeeble

excavate

exhaust

go through

grub

hack

humiliate

kill

liquidate

mortify

overcome

overthrow

pass through

quiet

quiten

shoot

shoot dead

slaughter

slay

soothe

still

surmount

tackle

tranquilize

vanquish

weaken

win over

pulldown

takedown

destruct

fell

break down

throw down

scrap

batter down

break

dispel

knock out

shatter

smash up

wrack

ruin

waste

disarm

dismantle

Etymology

From Middle Dutch slôpen, from Old Dutch *slōpen, from Proto-Germanic *slaupijaną.

Sentences

Ze gaan het eerst slopen en er dan een nieuwbouw op zetten .

They are going to demolish it first and then build a new building on top of it.