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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Demolition \Dem'o*li"tion\ (?; 277), noun [L. demolitio, fr. demoliri: cf. F. d['e]molition. See {Demolish}.] The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; -- opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
demolition
noun
1: an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something [syn: {destruction}, {wipeout}]
2: the act of demolishing
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "demolition": answer, complete answer, confounding, confutation, contradiction, controversion, demolishment, denial, disassembly, discrediting, dismantlement, effective rejoinder, flattening, leveling, overthrow, overthrowal, razing, rebuttal, refutal, refutation, smashing, squelch, subversion, tearing down, undermining, unmaking, upset, upsetting, wreckage, wrecking
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