Demolish vs Destroy - What's the difference?
demolish | destroy |
To destroy; to destruct.
(figuratively) To utterly defeat.
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To cause destruction.
To neutralize, undo a property or condition.
To put down or euthanize.
(colloquial) To defeat soundly.
(computing) To remove data.
Destroy is a antonym of demolish.
Destroy is a synonym of demolish.
As verbs the difference between demolish and destroy
is that demolish is to destroy; to destruct while destroy is To damage beyond use or repair.
demolish
English
Verb
(es)- They demolished the old house and put up four townhouses.
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Synonyms
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*destroy
English
Verb
To damage beyond use or repair.
- The earthquake destroyed several apartment complexes.
- ''Hooligans destroy unprovoked
- ''Smoking destroys the natural subtlety of the palate
- Destroying a rabid dog is required by law.
- The memory leak happened because we forgot to destroy the temporary lists.