Antonyms for demolish
dɪˈmɒl ɪʃde·mol·ish

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1. demolish

   A building, monument, or other structure is demolished when reduced to a shapeless mass; it is razed when leveled with the ground; it is destroyed when its structural unity is gone, whether or not its component parts remain. An edifice is destroyed by fire or earthquake; it is demolished by bombardment; it is ruined when, by violence or neglect, it has become unfit for human habitation. Compare ABOLISH; BREAK.

   Antonyms:
   build, construct, create, make, repair, restore

   Synonyms:
   destroy, overthrow, overturn, raze, ruin

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1. demolish, pulverize, pulveriseverb

   destroy completely

   "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

   Synonyms:
   powderize, powder, crush, powderise, pulverise, smash, destroy, pulverize

2. crush, smash, demolishverb

   humiliate or depress completely

   "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

   Synonyms:
   vanquish, pulverise, bang up, squelch, trounce, beat, break down, ruin, dash, oppress, suppress, break, smash up, destroy, pulverize, squeeze, nail, bankrupt, crush, mash, boom, squash, beat out, shell, jam, blast, smash

3. demolish, destroyverb

   defeat soundly

   "The home team demolished the visitors"

   Synonyms:
   put down, destruct, crush, ruin, pulverise, smash, destroy, pulverize

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1. demolishverb

   Synonyms:
   destroy

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1. repair

   rebuild means to repair, or fix.

   the construction workers had to rebuild the bridge, because it collapsed.

   Submitted by JP03 on October 27, 2014  

2. built

   it is the verb of built

   they demolish the tower twenty years ago.

   Submitted by anonymous on September 6, 2020  

How to use demolish in a sentence?

1. Alfred Jarry:

   We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings.

2. Fritz Ntone Ntone:

   We think the only way to put an end to such catastrophe in the future is to demolish and force people out of these risky and vulnerable zones.

3. Superintendent Kirk Carpenter:

   To get a project like this done in a month’s time was absolutely amazing, no one's going to change what we do at that high school, and that's to make sure learning takes place. Book admits demolishing Building 12, erecting a new building and implementing a memorial park on campus is a daunting task, especially with Florida’s legislative session nearing its end. Estimates for the proposal come in around $ 25 to 30 million, which would come from state appropriations. Not to mention the freshman building on Marjory Stoneman Douglas ’ campus holds about 900 students, a quarter of the school’s population. Lawmakers are pushing to demolish Building 12 and implement a memorial park in its place. ( Fox News) The school, named after a women’s suffrage advocate, opened in 1990. It’s about two hours north of Miami. Charo acknowledges it will be hard for the school to adjust without the building, saying it.

4. Administrative Reforms Minister George Katrougalos:

   While the programme is active until Tuesday, they aren't providing the necessary liquidity for Greek banks just to blackmail and to terrorize us, if we vote a yes, they will demolish pensions, you will have to pay for medicare in public hospitals. When your kids can't go to school you will say' thanks' and they will say' you asked for it'.

5. Johann von Goethe:

   He who wishes to exert a useful influence must be careful to insult nothing. Let him not be troubled by what seems absurd, but concentrate his energies to the creation of what is good. He must not demolish, but build. He must raise temples where mankind may come and partake of the purest pleasure.

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