Demolish /(?)/

De·mol·ish

Demolish

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Demolished; p. pr. & vb. n. Demolishing

  1. To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
    I expected the fabric of my book would long since have been demolished, and laid even with the ground.