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▪ I. demolishing, vbl. n.|dɪˈmɒlɪʃɪŋ|
[-ing1.]
The action of the verb demolish: demolition.
1632W. Lithgow Trav. vi. 260, I saw many ruinous lumpes of the Wals, and demolishings of the old Towne. 1684Bunyan Pilgr. ii. 159, I will therefore attempt..the demolishing of Doubting Castle. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. p. lxxxi, The immediate demolishing of Nusances. Ibid. p. lxxxii, The demolishing some particular New Encroachments.
▪ II. deˈmolishing, ppl. a.
[-ing2.]
That demolishes.
1726Amherst Terræ Fil. 253 The same unrelenting, demolishing spirit reigns in all monkish societies. |
