demolish
/dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/
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American sound/dɪˈmɒlɪʃ/
dɪˈmɒlɪʃ
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- 3 syllables
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- 2nd syllable stress
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- Short i vowel
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dɪ - ˈmɒlɪʃ -> demolish
Myanmar meaning
(v) ဖြိုချသည်။ ဖျက်သည်။ ချေဖျက်သည်။ ပြိုပျက်စေသည်။
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demolish /dÇ'mɒlÇʃ/ v
၁။ (က) ဖြိုချသည်။ ဖျက်သည်။
They've demolished the slum district. ❍ The church has been partially demolished.
(ခ) ချေဖျက်သည်။ ပြိုပျက်စေသည်။
Her article brilliantly demolishes his whole argument.
၂။ (joc ) လောဘတကြီးစားသည်။ ဖြိုသည်။
She was busy demolishing a huge box of popcorn.
demolition /demǝ'lÇʃn/ n [U, C]: houses scheduled for demolition ❍ demolition plans/work/contractors. ❍ His speech did a very effective demolition job on the government's policies.
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knock down, tear down, pull down, bulldoze, blow up, flatten, destroy, raze, annihilate, beat, break, bring to ruin, burst, clean out, consume, crack, crush, decimate, defeat, destroy; consume, devastate, devour, dilapidate, dismantle, disprove, eat, eat up, gobble, gobble up, lay waste, level, make a mess of, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pulverize, put away, put in toilet, ravage, rout, ruin, ruination, scoff, sink, smash, spoilate, take apart, take out, tear to pieces, thrash, torpedo, total, trash, trounce, undermine, undo, use up, wax, wipe off map, wolf, wrack, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrecker
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