demolition
demolitions
Demolition is the act of knocking something down or totally destroying it. It's what construction crews do with sledgehammers and wrecking balls.
Not for the faint of heart, demolition usually involves explosives, bulldozers and lots of dust and debris. The act of demolishing something could be seen as a good stress reliever though, if plowing through drywall or mowing over shrubbery is your kind of thing. Or perhaps you could join "a demolition crew," hired to send the wrecking ball though buildings big and small.
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the act of demolishing
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type of:
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destruction, devastation
the termination of something by causing so much damage to it that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists
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destruction, devastation
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an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something
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synonyms:
destruction, wipeout
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types:
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annihilation, disintegration
total destruction
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eradication, obliteration
the complete destruction of every trace of something
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depredation, ravage
(usually plural) a destructive action
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razing, wrecking
the event of a structure being completely demolished and leveled
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ruin, ruination
an event that results in destruction
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rack, wrack
the destruction or collapse of something
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extermination, extinction
complete annihilation
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desolation, devastation
an event that results in total destruction
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shipwreck
an irretrievable loss
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type of:
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conclusion, ending, finish
event whose occurrence ends something
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