"demolish" | Definition and Related Words

Verb

Destroy completely (synset 201660001)
"the wrecking ball demolished the building"

is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of

same as: pulverise, pulverize
Ruin or destroy (synset 201660252)
"his book demolishes an old myth"; "demolished my reputation"; "the professor demolished the student's argument"

is a type of: destroy, destruct - do away with, cause the destruction or undoing of
Eat up completely, as with great appetite (synset 201199565)
"Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; "The teenagers demolished four pizzas among them"

is a type of: eat up, finish, polish off - finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table

same as: consume, devour, down, go through
Defeat soundly and humiliatingly (synset 201085766)
"The home team demolished the visitors"

is a type of: defeat, get the better of, overcome - win a victory over
subtypes:
- smash - overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful)
- swallow - engulf and destroy
- cut to ribbons - defeat totally
same as: destroy