Verb (used with object) : The results of his research demolished many theories. ,The fire demolished the area. ,We simply demolished that turkey.    From Dictionary.com. 

Lawton, with a right wing, moved against El Caney, with the idea of demolishing it and crumpling up the Spanish left.    From Wordnik.com.  [The New Nation] Reference

In '93 a coppersmith had purchased the house with the idea of demolishing it, but had not been able to pay the price; the nation made him bankrupt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Misérables] Reference

With Dook recently "demolishing" highly ranked powerhouses such as Princeton, Clemson, and Temple, we should be quaking.    From Wordnik.com.  [dish best served cold] Reference

Tunisia I disagree Nabil, I didn't like the way he spoke about "demolishing" and "punishing".    From Wordnik.com.  [World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010] Reference

Other safety efforts, such as demolishing dangerous abandoned buildings, are contingent upon the results of the soil cleanup.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boston.com Most Popular] Reference

In ‘93 a coppersmith had purchased the house with the idea of demolishing it, but had not been able to pay the price; the nation made him bankrupt.    From Wordnik.com.  [Les Miserables] Reference

Brown, an architect and two-term councilman, wants to build on existing initiatives, such as demolishing abandoned buildings that have become nuisances.    From Wordnik.com.  [chron.com Chronicle] Reference

UFC Quick Quote: Tito Ortiz thought he won the rematch against Forrest Griffin Ben Saunders talks about 'demolishing' Marcus Davis at UFC 106 (Video).    From Wordnik.com.  [MMA Mania] Reference

This means demolishing the Iraqi Air Force and air defenses.    From Wordnik.com.  ['We'll Win, But...'] Reference

Like Lear, I couldn't resist demolishing what I had already damaged.    From Wordnik.com.  [LIGHT FINGERS] Reference

Thus, they often desegregated by closing or even demolishing black schools.    From Wordnik.com.  [Desegregation’s unintended consequence] Reference

Peter Hetherington on how this government is demolishing the housing industry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Society Daily: 25.08.10] Reference

The Soviets were demolishing German factories and refusing to ship food to the west.    From Wordnik.com.  [Diplomacy: Change Partners And Dance] Reference

The Philippine government has been demolishing informal housing for the past few days.    From Wordnik.com.  [Photos of the Day: Aug. 16] Reference

Now, after watching the systematic demolishing of Palestinian identity, land and life, I'm not sure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mail Call] Reference

In New Orleans 'Lakeview section, a backhoe is demolishing a house, clearing the way for new construction.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Orleans' Rebound Brings Surprising Riches] Reference

Mr. ZHENGHU: (Through translator) Officials didn't give residents compensation when demolishing their houses.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Shanghai, Alternatives To The World Expo] Reference

The king also beefed-up security forces, demolishing al Qaeda cells responsible for deadly attacks in the kingdom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Critics Say Saudi Antiterror Effort Nets Activists] Reference

The nutria have proven to be overly destructive, demolishing the levees and devouring the native New Orleans ecosystem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mireya Mayor: Wild Nights in the Concrete Jungle] Reference

The soldiers have been demolishing buildings in the compound since I got here and they crushed about 200 cars outside here.    From Wordnik.com.  [Still Under Siege] Reference

Sharp blasts of red light shot past him, digging into the dirt and the brush and demolishing all it came into contact with.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monster] Reference

The RSD only tests the sites where we are either demolishing or building a new school or doing a major renovation, he said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Susan Buchanan: City Playgrounds Tackle Toxic Soil and Equipment] Reference

Also, if it had not been weakened for want of food, such an enormous creature would not have been so long demolishing the cow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Yr Ynys Unyg The Lonely Island] Reference

Francis I., who commenced by demolishing the whole of the former edifice, excepting the pavilion of St. Louis, which still exists.    From Wordnik.com.  [The South of France—East Half] Reference

"It appears the elitists (Congress, corporations and their lawyers) are trying and succeeding in demolishing middle class America.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Long-Term Jobless Get Their Money Back After Congressional Lapse] Reference

Captain John Magill wheeled as suddenly as he had halted, and galloped back to the Confederates engaged in demolishing the railroad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southern Stories Retold from St. Nicholas] Reference

For China, WTO membership would accelerate economic modernization by demolishing protections around inefficient state-owned industries.    From Wordnik.com.  [Economics As Statecraft] Reference

A vast river of mud and rock had torn through central Leh, ripping apart houses, demolishing shops, flattening structures to the ground.    From Wordnik.com.  [Josh Schrei: The Ladakh Cloudburst: An Eyewitness Account] Reference

The Clinton administration has a goal of demolishing 30,000 units of public housing by the end of this year, 100,000 over the next four years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Toppling Towers] Reference

The 12-year-old from Kingston, Jamaica, showed no mercy in demolishing words like "" daedal '' (intricate) and "" parrhesia '' (frank speech).    From Wordnik.com.  [A Daedal Test Of Parrhesia] Reference

Even as Israeli soldiers were demolishing his compound and threatening his life, Palestinian Authority chairman Yasir Arafat was instructed by U.S.    From Wordnik.com.  [Israel Is Not America's Greatest Ally] Reference

That tactic backfired when the fledgling BJP, which held just two seats in Parliament, made demolishing the mosque the centerpiece of its platform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holy War In India] Reference

Nicknamed "Star Wars," the defense shield would replace the terror of mutually assured destruction (MAD) with the promise of demolishing any missiles coming America's way.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Safety Net Full Of Holes] Reference

But now, in the messy aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, Rumsfeld must make the transition from secretary of war back to secretary of Defense -- from demolishing to rebuilding.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rummy's New Headaches] Reference