Verb
To throw or pull down; to raze; to destroy the fabric of; to pull to pieces; to ruin; as, to demolish an edifice, or a wall.
Source: Webster's dictionaryOne must credit an hypothesis with all that has had to be discovered in order to demolish it. Jean Rostand
Warriors do not win victories by beating their heads against walls, but by overtaking the walls. Warriors jump over walls; they don't demolish them. Carlos Castaneda
Biographies are no longer written to explain or explore the greatness of the great. They redress balances, explore secret weaknesses, demolish legends. A. S. Byatt
We shall not have succeeded in demolishing everything unless we demolish the ruins as well. But the only way I can see of doing that is to use them to put up a lot of fine, well-designed buildings. Alfred Jarry
I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward. Fridtjof Nansen
It is easier to demolish a house than to build one. Irish Proverb