DEMOLITION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of demolishing

Example:

the demolition of the huge tower was quite a spectacle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("demolition" is a kind of...):

destruction; devastation (the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists)

Derivation:

demolish (defeat soundly and humiliatingly)

demolish (destroy completely)

Meaning:

An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

Synonyms:

demolition; destruction; wipeout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("demolition" is a kind of...):

conclusion; ending; finish (event whose occurrence ends something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "demolition"):

eradication; obliteration (the complete destruction of every trace of something)

depredation; ravage ((usually plural) a destructive action)

razing; wrecking (the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled)

ruin; ruination (an event that results in destruction)

rack; wrack (the destruction or collapse of something)

Derivation:

demolish (destroy completely)