demoliri (pull down with an exertion of strength; e.g., a roof, part of a wall, tectum: partem muri): evertere (to demolish, or turn topsy-turvy; e.g., urbem, statuam; thence, figuratively to annihilate; e.g., the state; virtue; friendship; rem publicam; virtutem; amicitiam): disjicere (e.g., moenia, arcem, munitiones, statuas, etc.): discutere (to shake to pieces; e.g., columnam, aliquantum muri): delere (destroy utterly; e.g., urbem): to demolish utterly, funditus destruere; a or e fundamentis disjicere; funditus evertere (PROP.): solo aequare, or adaequare; delere et solo adaequare (e.g., urbem): to demolish fortifications, moenia a fundamentis disjicere: there is nothing which time cannot demolish, nihil est, quod non conficiat vetustas.