demolition

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsdestructionwipeout

   Broaderending

   Narrowerannihilationeradicationravagerazingruinwrack
2. 2.

   the act of demolishing

   “the demolition of the huge tower was quite a spectacle”

   Broaderdestruction

Other forms of demolition

plural

demolitions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demolition

What does demolition mean?

demolition means "an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demolition?

demolition has 4 syllables: dem-o-lit-ion. The stress falls on "lit". In IPA it is /ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən/.

What is another word for demolition?

Close synonyms include destruction, wipeout. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demolition a common word?

demolition is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with demolition?

3 words rhyme with demolition. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.