demolition
noun
[ dɛməˈlɪʃn ]
• the action or process of demolishing or being demolished.
• "the monument was saved from demolition"
Similar:
destruction,
knocking down,
pulling down,
tearing down,
flattening,
razing,
levelling,
bulldozing,
clearance,
obliteration,
annihilation,
wrecking,
refutation,
disproval,
disproving,
Origin:
mid 16th century: via French from Latin demolitio(n- ), from the verb demoliri (see demolish).
