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demolish
verb [T] (EAT) /dɪˈmɒl.ɪʃ/
/-ˈmɑː.lɪʃ/ humorousDefinition
› to quickly eat all the food you have been given: Joe demolished an enormous plateful of sausages and chips.EatingBiting, chewing and swallowing demolition
/ˌdem.əˈlɪʃ.ən/ noun [C or U] › the act of destroying something such as a building: the demolition of dangerous buildingsDestroying and demolishingDamaging and spoiling
(Definition of demolish verb (EAT) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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