demolition

See also: démolition

English

A building being demolished.

Etymology

From Old French demolition, from Latin dēmōlītiō "a tearing down".

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛm.əˈlɪʃən/

Noun

demolition (countable and uncountable, plural demolitions)

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

Translations

the action of demolishing or destroying

Armenian: քանդում (hy) (kʿandum)
Bulgarian: събаряне (bg) n (sǎbarjane), срутване (bg) n (srutvane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 破壞, ^{(please verify)} 破坏 (zh) (pòhuài)
Czech: demolice (cs), bourání n, ničení (cs) n
Dutch: sloop (nl), afbraak (nl)
Finnish: purku (fi), purkaminen (fi), hajottaminen (fi)
French: démolition (fr) f
Georgian: დანგრევა (dangreva)
German: Zerstörung (de) f, Abriss (de) m, Demolierung f, Abbruch (de) m

Hebrew: הריסה‎ f (harisa)
Italian: demolizione (it) f
Kurdish:
Sorani: ڕوخاندن‎ (RookhAndin)
Latin: disturbātiō (la) f
Maori: tukitukinga
Portuguese: demolição (pt) f
Russian: снос (ru) m (snos)
Spanish: demolición f
Swedish: demolering (sv) c

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