1 VERB 摧毁，拆毁，拆除(建筑物等) To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely. 摧毁，拆毁，拆除(建筑物等)
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A storm moved directly over the island, demolishing buildings and flooding streets. [VERB noun]
暴风雨径直席卷该岛，摧毁了建筑，淹没了街道。
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The building is now being demolished to make way for a motorway. [VERB noun]
为修建高速公路，现正拆除这栋建筑。
SYN knock down, level, destroy, ruin
2 VERB 驳倒，推翻(某人的观点或论点) If you demolish someone's ideas or arguments, you prove that they are completely wrong or unreasonable. 驳倒，推翻(某人的观点或论点)
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Our intention was to demolish the rumours that have surrounded him. [VERB noun]
我们的目的是要彻底击破围绕他的那些谣言。
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The myth that Japan is not open to concerns from outside has, I think, been demolished at a stroke. [VERB noun]
关于日本对外界的关注不予理会的谬论，我认为，一下子就被驳倒了。
3 VERB 大败，打垮(对手) If a person or team demolishes their opponents, they defeat them by a great amount. 大败，打垮(对手) [journalism]
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