demolish
verbHow many syllables in demolish?
There are 3 syllables in the word demolish.How to pronounce demolish:
Definition of demolish:
- demolish (verb):
- tear down, raze
- destroy completely.
- to tear down or break up (buildings)
Synonyms for demolish:
bulldoze
destroy
destruct
dismantle
dynamite
eradicate
finish
flatten
knock down
level
obliterate
overthrow
overturn
pull down
pulverize
ravage
raze
ruin
smash
tear down
total
trash
unbuild
wreck
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- upheaval
- seamlessly
- peaceable
- obscuring
- specialize
- disarray
- cozier
- entertained
- sublimely
- entreating
- resounded
- outwardly
- resorted
- talkative
- demurring
- socialise
- effluence
- dogmatic
- begetting
- bedecked
- parodic
- brutally
- examples
- elated
- purposely
- manifest
- deportment
- marital
- fornicate
- secondly
- descending
- petiole
- quadruple
- atheist
- rotunda
- quadrangle
- liberal
- scrupulous
- absolute
- luckier
- entreaties
- deafening
- buffeted
- incorrect
- niggardly
- mortified
- pestering
- resembling
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Syllable Fun Fact
The variation in syllable count for the same word between British and American English accents, such as 'secretary', reflects differences in pronunciation standards.
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