chāi​chú HSK5

demolish

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demolish verb
to tear down or destroy a building or structure

To widen the road, these old houses must be demolished.

dismantle verb
to take apart or remove components, equipment, or installations

After the performance, workers quickly dismantled the sound equipment on stage.

Frequency

Movie subtitles
3.99 per million appears in 2% of films
Written text
14.8 per million

Details

HSK 3.0
Level 5

Sources

Definitions
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