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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
demolish .
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Examples
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One unaligned GOP strategist said that if the 2008 vice presidential nominee runs, she "demolishes" the social conservative field but if she stays out then "Huckabee, [former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick] Santorum, Pence, and others will fight for it."
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To say that he "demolishes" Dawkins demonstrates confirmation bias.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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But saying one month-old poll "demolishes" anything is just stupid.
Poll: Obama Leading By 10 Points -- Among Working Class Whites! 2009
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Friedan is an easier sell: she "demolishes" the myth that it's a drag getting old and offers "compelling alternatives for living one's age as a unique period of life, on its own authentic terms age as adventure!"
This Fall's A Ball 2008
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Which kind of demolishes everything you’ve been saying.
Remember working women, you’re pathetic unless you have a child…when everyone else wants you to. 2005
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As for the major help, you may need it when one night in the future (after they ban all dog drives) when you driving home after still hunting (more than likely hadn't seen a thing) and a big buck or doe jumps in the front of your vehicle and completely demolishes it.
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Mike demolishes the reviewer with words from DM, the very book the reviewer was supposed to have read!
Crossroads 2009
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* Fact-check of the day: Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler absolutely demolishes Donald Rumsfeld's audacious falsehood that Saddam threw out the inspectors, which is repeated endlessly on the right to this day.
The Morning Plum Greg Sargent 2011
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Without them your bridge falls down, the flood demolishes your city, and your schools don't work.
Misunderstood, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Kick-Ass demolishes fantasy and thinks doing so is funny, that somehow an ugly "realistic" world is inherently better than an idealized fantasy world.
[GUEST POST] Gabriel McKee on Mark Millar's Kick-Ass...and Why it Stinks 2010
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