Demolish

(verb.) defeat soundly; 'The home team demolished the visitors'.

(verb.) destroy completely; 'the wrecking ball demolished the building'; 'demolish your enemies'; 'pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand'.

校对:罗伯特

• Indeed, even as they parleyed the Greeks set to work to demolish the end that linked them to the Scythians as quickly as possible. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Is it not, by its noble cares and sublime results, the one best calculated to fill the void left by uptorn affections and demolished hopes? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Or--mark my words--the Order of the Temple will be utterly demolished--and the Place thereof shall no more be known among the nations. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• And ex--' But Twemlow, in his demolished state, cannot command the word, and trails off into '--actly so. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The warriors tore open the entrance and a couple of them, crawling in, soon demolished all the eggs with their short-swords. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Thus the sophistical fabric has been demolished, chiefly by appealing to the analogy of the arts. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Here he looks to find a tiny particle of the demolished larva, ofttimes not more than a speck of moisture. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• It was then demolished by a mob and its inventor reviled, but it afterward became the pride of Lyons and the means of its renown and wealth in the weaving of silks of rich designs. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

整理:莉莲