[mass noun]the action or process of demolishing or being demolished 拆毁,拆除 the monument was saved from demolition. 纪念碑免遭拆除。 ■(informal)an overwhelming defeat (非正式)大败
派生 demolitionist noun 语源
mid 16th cent.: via French from Latin demolitio(n-), from the verb demoliri (see demolish)