Demolish in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishTo knock down a building or a wall completely.

Definition in Japanese建物や壁をすっかり壊してなくすこと。

Example sentences

• 古い映画館(ふるいえいがかん)、ショベルカー一台(いちだい)で半日(はんにち)で取(と)り壊(こわ)したんだって。子(こ)どものころ毎週通(まいしゅうかよ)ってたのに。🔊

  They demolished the old movie theater with one excavator in an afternoon — forty years of Saturday matinees, gone.

• 古(ふる)い駅(えき)、本当(ほんとう)に取(と)り壊(こわ)すの？月曜(げつよう)からずっと前(まえ)にブルドーザーが停(と)まってるけど。🔊

  Are they really going to demolish the old station? There've been bulldozers parked outside since Monday.

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