Meaning
to demolish, tear down
- to pull down or completely destroy a building or structure
- to completely defeat, refute, or tear apart an argument or theory
In a sentence
Il comune ha deciso di demolire il vecchio magazzino abbandonato.
The municipality decided to demolish the old abandoned warehouse.
Gli ingegneri demoliscono la struttura pericolante domani mattina.
The engineers are tearing down the unsafe structure tomorrow morning.
Il critico ha demolito la tesi dell'avversario con prove schiaccianti.
The critic dismantled the opponent's thesis with overwhelming evidence.
Word forms (48)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| demolire | infinitive |
| demolisco | indicative · present · singular · 1st person |
| demolisci | indicative · present · singular · 2nd person |
| demolisce | indicative · present · singular · 3rd person |
| demoliamo | indicative · present · plural · 1st person |
| demolite | indicative · present · plural · 2nd person |
| demoliscono | indicative · present · plural · 3rd person |
| demolivo | indicative · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| demolivi | indicative · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| demoliva | indicative · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| demolivamo | indicative · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| demolivate | indicative · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| demolivano | indicative · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| demolii | indicative · past · singular · 1st person |
| demolisti | indicative · past · singular · 2nd person |
| demolì | indicative · past · singular · 3rd person |
| demolimmo | indicative · past · plural · 1st person |
| demoliste | indicative · past · plural · 2nd person |
| demolirono | indicative · past · plural · 3rd person |
| demolirò | indicative · future · singular · 1st person |
| demolirai | indicative · future · singular · 2nd person |
| demolirà | indicative · future · singular · 3rd person |
| demoliremo | indicative · future · plural · 1st person |
| demolirete | indicative · future · plural · 2nd person |
| demoliranno | indicative · future · plural · 3rd person |
| demolisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 1st person |
| demolisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 2nd person |
| demolisca | subjunctive · present · singular · 3rd person |
| demoliamo | subjunctive · present · plural · 1st person |
| demoliate | subjunctive · present · plural · 2nd person |
| demoliscano | subjunctive · present · plural · 3rd person |
| demolissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 1st person |
| demolissi | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 2nd person |
| demolisse | subjunctive · imperfect · singular · 3rd person |
| demolissimo | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 1st person |
| demoliste | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 2nd person |
| demolissero | subjunctive · imperfect · plural · 3rd person |
| demolirei | conditional · present · singular · 1st person |
| demoliresti | conditional · present · singular · 2nd person |
| demolirebbe | conditional · present · singular · 3rd person |
| demoliremmo | conditional · present · plural · 1st person |
| demolireste | conditional · present · plural · 2nd person |
| demolirebbero | conditional · present · plural · 3rd person |
| demolisci | imperative · singular · 2nd person |
| demoliamo | imperative · plural · 1st person |
| demolite | imperative · plural · 2nd person |
| demolendo | gerund |
| demolito | past · participle |
Usage notes
- Takes the '-isc-' infix in the present indicative and subjunctive (e.g., 'io demolisco').
- Takes 'avere' as auxiliary in compound tenses.