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demolish in English:

1. build


Birds build nests.
Those whose bones were exhumed to build the new catacombs could not be reached for comment.
There's new energy to harness, new jobs to be created, new schools to build, and threats to meet, alliances to repair.
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People build houses, dams, bridges, ships and so on.
It is foolish of you to build a castle in the air while forgetting to drive in pilings for its foundation.
Those people ruin their government, but they don't know how to build it again.
Sadako's friends wanted to build a monument to her and all children who were killed by the atomic bomb.
Man invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever have thought to build a mousetrap!
The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.
To believe that an unexpected big fortune will come your way is to build a castle in Spain.
He's just got a large build, so he looks like he'd be a fighter, but he's probably really a pushover.
My friends are building a new house. This house is very big and is 200 square meters.

English word "demolish"(build) occurs in sets:

Opposites - verbs

2. wreck


After the hurricane, their house was a wreck.
He failed in his business and now is a total wreck.
A stewardess was rescued from the wreck.
The wreck of the ship was found on the seafloor, and is now popular among divers.
Driving on a slippery road can lead to a car wreck.
Now let's go wreck up that Magic Man!
The divers found a wreck on the sea-bed.
It took several hours to clear the mess left from the wreck of the truck and several cars.
‘A well-known restaurant has been wrecked in a blaze
He has been warned that his behaviour might wreck his chances of promotion.
Jack looks like a wreck.
The Commission hopes that the wreck of the New Flame is soon removed from Algeciras Bay.
All addictions have the potential for wrecking your life.
After the accident, the wrecks of the two cars involved were towed away by the rescue services.
He identified the wreck of the Titanic.

3. pull down


They had to pull down the old building to built a new shopping centre there.
they are planning to pull down all the old houses
They had to pull down the old building to built a new mall there.