how to pronounce demolish

/dɪˈmɑːlɪʃ/

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demolish is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of demolish in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… kept the structure them demolish the …”

meaning of demolish

Demolish means to destroy or tear down something.

demolish frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word demolish occurs in english on average 1.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics demolish can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that demolish can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;