Demolish and Kill

Demolish

Demolish verb - To bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of.

Usage example: most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid

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Kill and demolish are semantically related in destroy topic. In some cases you can use "Kill" instead a verb "Demolish".

Nearby Words: demolition, demolishing

Kill verb - To deprive of life.

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Demolish and kill are semantically related in destroy topic. Sometimes you can use "Demolish" instead a verb "Kill".

Nearby Words: killing, killed, killer

party	demolish party	kill party
life	demolish life	kill life
anyone	demolish anyone	kill anyone
opponent	demolish opponent	kill opponent
Other words: times, players, enemies.

Kill It with Fire: The tagline for the PS4 port Earth Defense Force 4.1 is "KILL IT WITH FIRE." The Fireghost variant of the BM03 Vegalta packs dual flamethrowers and dual shotguns to demolish anything that gets close.

Source: Video Game / Earth Defense Force 2025
Giant alien robots demolish several blocks of a US city, kill what is likely hundreds of people in the process, and less than two years later it's dismissed as just a joke?

Source: Film / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
The two main characters practically demolish a house with gunfire in an attempt to kill each other.

Source: Slap-Slap-Kiss

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