English-Thai Dictionary

demolition

N การ รื้อถอน  การ ทำลาย  annihilation razing wrecking kan-rub-ton

 

demolitionist

N ช่าง รื้อถอน ส่ิง ก่อสร้าง 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEMOLITION

n.The act of overthrowing, pulling down or destroying a pile or structure; ruin; destruction; as the demolition of a house, or of military works.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEMOLITION

Dem `o *li "tion, n. Etym: [L. demolitio, fr. demoliri: cf. F.démolition. See Demolish. ]

 

Defn: The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.

 

DEMOLITIONIST

DEMOLITIONIST Dem `o *li "tion *ist, n.

 

Defn: A demolisher. [R.] Carlyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

demolition

dem o li tion |ˌdeməˈliSHən ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən | ▶noun the action or process of demolishing or being demolished: the monument was saved from demolition. • informal an overwhelming defeat. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French from Latin demolitio (n- ), from the verb demoliri (see demolish ).

 

demolition derby

dem o li tion der by |ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən | ▶noun a competition in which typically older cars are driven into each other until only one is left running.

 

Oxford Dictionary

demolition

demo |li ¦tion |dɛməˈlɪʃn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or process of demolishing or being demolished: the monument was saved from demolition. • informal an overwhelming defeat. DERIVATIVES demolitionist noun ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French from Latin demolitio (n- ), from the verb demoliri (see demolish ).

 

demolition derby

demo |li ¦tion derby |ˈdəːbi | ▶noun N. Amer. a competition in which cars are driven into each other until only one car is left running.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

demolition

demolition noun 1 the demolition of the building: destruction, knocking down, pulling down, tearing down, flattening, razing, levelling, bulldozing, clearance; obliteration, annihilation. ANTONYMS construction. 2 the demolition of this theory: destruction, wrecking; refutation, disproval, disproving. ANTONYMS confirmation. 3 informal New Zealand's demolition of England: defeat, conquest, vanquishing, trouncing, routing, rout; informal massacre, annihilation, slaughter, licking, thrashing, clobbering, hammering.

 

French Dictionary

démolition

démolition n. f. nom féminin 1 figuré Action de ruiner. : La démolition d ’un projet. 2 Destruction d ’une construction. : La démolition d ’un édifice.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

demolition

dem o li tion /dèməlɪ́ʃ (ə )n, dìː -/名詞 1 C U (古い建物などの )取り壊し, 解体 .2 U ｟報道 ｠(敵 相手などの )打倒 ; (制度 習慣などの )打破, 廃止 ; 論破 .～́ j ò b 1 (悪意をもって )【人を 】痛烈に批判すること ; 【人の 】悪口を言いふらすこと «on » .2 (スポーツなどで )【相手を 】たたきのめすこと «against » .