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[dih-mol-ish]

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Eri Hayward is cheerful, even as she drops verbal bombs that demolish mainstream conceptions about being transgender.

It will stir things up, but it will not begin to demolish the group.

But if the Arab states mustered the will, they could demolish ISIS, as history has shown.

They need to demolish their homes and round them up, the way they do it to our children.

The sale has hit some snags, but the lease also gives El-Gamel the right to demolish the building.

I'll certainly invent a Frenchman, and make him an author, and then demolish him.

He harangued the Indians, and exhorted them to demolish the fort.

How would it be, think you, if we were to demolish Nambanji?'

Mr. Sakari suggested that himself, and when I agreed with him he proceeded to demolish it.

After denying your first depositions, you are trying to demolish your own father's evidence.

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C16: from French dmolir, from Latin dmlr to throw down, destroy, from de- + mlr to strive, toil, construct, from mles mass, bulk

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

1560s, from Middle French demoliss-, present participle stem of dmolir "to destroy, tear down" (late 14c.), from Latin demoliri "tear down," from de- "down" (see de-) + moliri "build, construct," from moles (genitive molis) "massive structure" (see mole (n.3)). Related: Demolished; demolishing.

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Online Etymology Dictionary, 2010 Douglas Harper

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