All demolishment synonyms

noun demolishment

• decimation — to destroy a great number or proportion of: The population was decimated by a plague.
• demolition — The demolition of a building is the act of deliberately destroying it, often in order to build something else in its place.
• liquidation — the process of realizing upon assets and of discharging liabilities in concluding the affairs of a business, estate, etc.
• bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
• slaughter — Frank, 1908–2001, U.S. novelist and physician.
• massacre — the unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of human beings or animals, as in barbarous warfare or persecution or for revenge or plunder.
• obliteration — the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated.
• sideswipe — to strike with a sweeping stroke or blow along the side; strike a glancing blow obliquely.
• ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
• contact — Contact involves meeting or communicating with someone, especially regularly.
• shock — a thick, bushy mass, as of hair.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• destruction — Destruction is the act of destroying something, or the state of being destroyed.
• butt — Someone's butt is their bottom.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• hit — to deal a blow or stroke to: Hit the nail with the hammer.
• strike — to deal a blow or stroke to (a person or thing), as with the fist, a weapon, or a hammer; hit.
• thump — a blow with something thick and heavy, producing a dull sound; a heavy knock.
• percussion — the striking of one body against another with some sharpness; impact; blow.
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• concussion — If you suffer concussion after a blow to your head, you lose consciousness or feel sick or confused.
• wreck — any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
• impact — the striking of one thing against another; forceful contact; collision: The impact of the colliding cars broke the windshield.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• dilapidation — to cause or allow (a building, automobile, etc.) to fall into a state of disrepair, as by misuse or neglect (often used passively): The house had been dilapidated by neglect.
• thud — a dull sound, as of a heavy blow or fall.
• crash — A crash is an accident in which a moving vehicle hits something and is damaged or destroyed.
• pileup — a massive collision of several or many moving vehicles.
• rap — to carry off; transport.
• slam — the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
• accident — An accident happens when a vehicle hits a person, an object, or another vehicle, causing injury or damage.
• self-extinguishing — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
• head-on — (of two objects) meeting with the fronts or heads foremost: a head-on collision.
• fender bender — a collision between motor vehicles in which there is only minor damage.