demolish
/dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/verb
with obj.
1- pull or knock down (a building)拆除, 拆毁（建筑物）。
1.1
- comprehensively refute (an argument or its proponent)全面驳倒; 将（论据或其支持者）批驳得体无完肤：
I looked forward keenly to demolishing my opponent.
我急切盼望能彻底驳倒我的对手。
1.2
- informal overwhelmingly defeat (a player or team)〈非正式〉击溃, 大败（对手, 运动队）：
Arsenal demolished Coventry City 3-0.
阿森纳队以3比0大败考文垂队。
1.3
- humorous eat up (food) quickly〈幽默〉对（食物）狼吞虎咽：
Brown was busy demolishing a sausage roll.
布朗正在狼吞虎咽地大嚼一个香肠面包卷。
派生词
demolisher
noun词源
mid 16th cent.: from French démoliss-, lengthened stem of démolir, from Latin demoliri, from de- (expressing reversal) + moliri 'construct' （from moles 'mass'）.