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Definitions: Demolition |
DemolitionNoun1. An event or the result of an event that destroys something. 2. The act of demolishing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "demolition" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
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Military | The destruction of structures, facilities, or material by use of fire, water, explosives, mechanical, or other means. (references) |
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Synonym: DemolitionSynonym: destruction (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Destruction | Destroying; Verb: demolition, demolishment; overthrow, subversion, suppression; abolition; (abrogation); biblioclasm; sacrifice; ravage, razzia; inactivation; incendiarism; revolution; extirpation; (extraction); beginning of the end, commencement de la fin, road to ruin; dilapidation; (deterioration); sabotage. |
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Crosswords: Demolition |
| English words defined with "demolition": Demolishment. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "demolition": atomic demolition munition ♦ Bloody Week ♦ Construction and Demolition Waste ♦ demolition firing party, DEMOLITION SPECIALIST ♦ main detonating line ♦ Other Wood ♦ preassault operation ♦ Regulated Asbestos-Containing Material, reserved demolition target, Rubblization ♦ SKI PATROLLER, Solid waste, state of readiness--state 1--safe, state of readiness--state 2--armed ♦ uncharged demolition target ♦ WINDING-LATHE OPERATOR. (references) |
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Screenplays | Oh, for heaven's sake, mankind, it's only four light years away, you know. I'm sorry, but if you can't be bothered to take an interest in local affairs, that's your own lookout. Energize the demolition beam. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) | |
Lyrics | Demolition woman, can I be your man ("Pour Some Sugar On Me"; performing artist: Def Leppard) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Inside Demolition Derbies (2003) Demolition Derby (2000) | |
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 | The Hubble telescope has snapped a view of a stellar demolition zone in our Milky Way Galaxy: ...Credit: NASA. |  | Lieutenant Commander Edward Porter Clayton, USN, (center, back to camera) Commanding Officer of Underwater Demolition Team 21, receiving the first sword surrendered to an American force in the Japanese Home islands. The surrender was made by a Japanese Army Coast Artillery Major (standing opposite LCdr. Clayton) at Futtsu-misaki, across Tokyo Bay from Yokosuka Navy Base on 28 August 1945. Members of UDT-21 had landed from USS Burke (APD-65), whose boats are beached in this view. Identifications of many of the UDT-21 members present are provided in NH 71599 (complete caption).Credit: NAVY. |
 | Wrecked by demolition charges, at a former Japanese base on Kiska Island, Aleutians, 7 September 1943. U.S. soldiers are examining the submarines and facilities. Note winch in the foreground. Photographed by Lt. James.Credit: NAVY. |  | Demolition of the Pont Neuf.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Abandoned buildings in North Hibbing. In 1919 when ore was found to lie under the town site most of the town was moved by log haulers, building by building, to its present site. Demolition of still standing buildings goes on today as mining operations exp.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Helena, Montana. Demolition of buildings damaged in 1935 earthquakes.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | House demolition. House demolition.Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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 | Dynamite; explosive; explosion; blast; pyrotechnic; destruction; demolition; demolishing; demolish; destroy; blow up; blowing up. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | The German Government must in all cases furnish at its own cost all labour and material required to effect the deliveries and the works of destruction, dismantling, demolition, and of rendering things useless, provided for in the present Treaty. (reference) |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | It is true that this end of the beach was masked from sight by a mound of rubbish from six to seven feet high, the product of some demolition. |
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Business | The Building Law regulates all aspects of construction, from design and construction to maintenance and demolition of a building. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | China | Two persons who tried to stop a demolition were arrested and sentenced to 2 years of reform-through-education. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | In May the High Court sustained a demolition order for a mosque in the unrecognized village of Husseinya, which was built without a permit in 1996. (references) | |
Egypt | However, in one case, President Mubarak overruled demolition orders by local authorities in Qalyubia province in February and March and ordered the reconstruction of a demolished church building at government expense. (references) | |
Economic History | Guinea | The demolition left over 100,000 people homeless. (references) |
Guinea | In February and March 1998, riots broke out following the demolition, without compensation, of houses illegally constructed on government property. (references) | |
Lebanon | We have no record of any investment dispute or land expropriation case involving U.S. investors, although a local lawyer, representing a Lebanese family, including one dual-national Lebanese-American, is challenging the expropriation and demolition of the family's property by SOLIDERE in local courts. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ghana | The owner of the hotel allegedly had fallen out with the then-ruling party prior to the demolition. (references) |
Jamaica | Patterson also requested a report on the demolition operation and a review of procedures for ejecting squatters, which the UDC forwarded to his office in July. (references) | |
Pakistan | During the year, the authorities in several Federally Administered Tribal Areas reported that tribal councils ordered the demolition of up to a few dozen homes. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Philippines | The Higaonon people in Mindanao claim that they continue to be deprived of portions of their ancestral land by a powerful local landowning family that forced their removal through a violent demolition conducted by the PNP and private security forces in 1997. The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines continues to express concern over the effects of existing and planned large-scale mining on the land of the many indigenous people of Mindanao. (references) |
Minorities | Israel and the occupied territories | New building in the unrecognized villages is considered illegal and subject to demolition. (references) |
Greece | The Ministry of Interior, NGO's, and the Ombudsman intervened with the Mayor afterwards, arguing that demolition required a judicial decision. (references) | |
Political Economy | Sudan | In 1999 the First Vice President directed that demolition of churches and other Christian facilities in Khartoum be suspended and that a committee be formed under the Second Vice President to review the issue. (references) |
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| "Demolition" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.82% of the time. "Demolition" is used about 564 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.82% | 563 | 11,148 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.18% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 564 | N/A |
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Expressions using "demolition": atomic demolition munition ♦ charged demolition target ♦ debris from demolition ♦ demolition bomb ♦ demolition chamber ♦ demolition charge ♦ demolition firing party ♦ demolition guard ♦ demolition kit ♦ demolition slab ♦ demolition squad ♦ demolition target ♦ demolition toolkit ♦ demolition waste ♦ demolition work ♦ demolition worker ♦ preliminary demolition target ♦ reserved demolition target ♦ unchanged demolition target ♦ uncharged demolition target ♦ underwater demolition. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "demolition": demolition-perspective, demolition-work. | |
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| Language | Translations for "demolition"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | thyerje (break, breakage, breaking, breakup, deflection, fracture, milling, refraction, roughness, rupture, split, stamping, transgression, violation), shkatërrim (breakdown, breakup, collapse, decay, decimation, depredation, desolation, destruction, devastation, dissolution, downfall, havoc, mess, ravage, ruin, wrack, wreck, wrecking), shembje (bump, cave in, collapse, contusion, crash), rrëzim (canting, collapse, crash, decay, deposition, destruction, dethronement, eradiation, failure, fall, plough, plow, plump, prostration), gërmadhë (collapse, destruction, devastation, pillaging, ravaging, ruin, wrack). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هدم (blight, demolish, destroy, destruction, do away with, level, pluck, pull down, sap, smash, take apart, tear, tear down, total), تدمير (annihilation, destruction, devastation, mayhem, overthrow, ruin, subversion, wreck), خراب (bane, decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, havoc, perdition, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage), دك (bench, demolish, plaster, tamp, unbuild). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | събаряне (dismantling, prostration), срутване (collapse, crash, dilapidation, fall), унищожаване (abolishment, abolition, annihilation, cancellation, consumption, destruction, devastation, dissolution, extermination, obliteration, ruination, squelch), подривен (disruptive, factious, saping, subversive, undermining). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 爆 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | demolice, znièení (annihilation, destruction, havoc, holocaust), zbourání, stržení, bouraèka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | nedrivning. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | afbraak (breakdown, decomposition, degradation, old materials, rubbish), sloop, ontmanteling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | malkonstruo, malkonstruado. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | ویرانی (Destruction, Ravage, Ruination), ویران سازی , تخریب (Destruction, Subversion), خرابی (Decay, Destruction, Godsend, Havoc, Ruin, Ruination, Wrack, Wreck, Wreckage), انهدام (Destruction, Subversion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | purkaminen (cancellation, discharge, discharging, disposal, dissolution, take down, unloading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | démolition. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Frisian | ôfbraak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abbruch (ABEND, abnormal end, abnormal termination, abort, abortion, break off, cutting, damage, dead end, derogation, discontinuation, dropout, harm, rupture, severance, termination, truncation), Zerstörung (annihilation, deletion, destruction, deterioration, devastation, ravage, ruination, ruining, vandalizing, wrecking), abriss (avulsion, divulsion, outline, plan, roof break, step, summary, tear-off part, trace). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατεδάφιση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | "ריס" (destruction, ruin), סתיר" (contradiction, destruction, discrepancy, neutralization), תוץ (destruction). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rombolás (depredation, destruction, devastation, havoc, ravage, wrecking), pusztítás (depredation, destruction, devastation, havoc, ravage, ruination), lerombolás (destruction, pulling down), lebontás (disassembly, pulling down), elpusztítás (destruction, liquidation, ruination). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | penghancuran (desolation, devastation), pembongkaran (disclosure, dismantling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | demolizione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 取り壊し (destruction, dismantling, pulling down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | とり"わし (destruction, dismantling, pulling down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 파괴 (Destroying, Destruction, Destructive, havoc, ruining, subversive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | nedriving. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | emolitionday destruição (bale, break-up, consumption, defacement, deprivation, destruction, doom, frustum, havoc, holograph, overthrow, rack, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, undoing, wrack, wreck, wreckage, wrecking), demolição (demolishing, destruction, dismantling, wrecking), arrasamento. (various references) distrugere (damnation, destruction, eradication, erosion, holocaust, obliteration, ravage, ruin, ruination, spoliation, strip), demolare, nimicire (abolishment, annihilation, extinguishment, strip). (various references) разрушение (abolishment, breakdown, breakup, collapse, cracking, decay, desolation, destruction, wrecking). (various references) rušenje (collapse, destruction, overturn, pulling down, ruination), miniranje. (various references) demolición (pulling down). (various references) demolering, rivning (disperse, dispersion, fretting, plucking, ripping, scarification), rasering (destruction, ragging), nedrivning, förstörelse (destruction, diversion, havoc, rape). (various references) yıkım (bad, bane, blight, cropper, damnation, death, debacle, disaster, havoc, ravage, ruin, undoing, wrecking), tahrip (destroying, destruction, ravage, ruination, slashing), tüketme (consuming, depletion, exhausting, expenditure), imha (annihilation, destruction, extermination, extinction, extirpation). (various references) скасування (abolishment, abolition, abrogation, annihilation, cancel, cancellation, defeasance, nullification, repeal, withdrawal), руїни (debris, remains, ruins), руйнування (bad, breaking, caries, collapse, destruction, the sword, upset, wrack, wrecking), розбирання (dismantling, picking), знесення (wrecking), знищення (abolishment, abolition, annulment, defeasance, dispersion, extermination, extirpation, holocaust, obliteration, undoing), ломка, ламання. (various references) sự phá huỷ (demolishment, destruction, devastation), sự đánh đổ (demolishment, subversion). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | depositio. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "demolition": demolitionist, demolitionists, demolitions. (additional references) | |
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"Demolition" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: demolation, demolishion, demolishon, demolision, demoliton, Demollari. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "demolition" (pronounced de'muli"shun) |
| 6 | -u l i" sh u n | abolition, coalition. |
| 5 | -l i" sh u n | volition. |
| 4 | -i" sh u n | academician, acquisition, addition, admission, admonition, ambition, ammunition, apparition, attrition, audition, clinician, cognition, commission, competition, composition, condition, contrition, decommission, decomposition, definition, dentition, deposition, dietitian, disposition, edition, electrician, emission, erudition, exhibition, expedition, exposition, extradition, fission, fruition, geriatrician, ignition, imposition, inhibition, inquisition, intermission, intuition, juxtaposition, logician, magician, malnutrition, mathematician, mission, mortician, munition, musician, nutrition, obstetrician, omission, opposition, optician, partition, patrician, pediatrician, permission, petition, physician, politician, position, precondition, predisposition, preignition, premonition, presupposition, prohibition, proposition, recognition, recondition, redefinition, reimposition, remission, rendition, repetition, reposition, requisition, retransmission, rhetorician, sedition, statistician, submission, superstition, supposition, suspicion, tactician, technician, theoretician, titian, tradition, transition, transmission, tuition. |
| 3 | -sh u n | abbreviation, abdication, abduction, aberration, abomination, abortion, abrogation, absolution, absorption, abstraction, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, action, activation, adaptation, addiction, adjudication, administration, admiration, adoption, adoration, adulation, advection, advocation, affectation, affection, affiliation, affirmation, affliction, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, auction, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, benediction, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, circumspection, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collection, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, compilation, completion, complexion, complication, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concoction, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, conduction, confabulation, confection, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conjunction, connection, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, constriction, construction, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, convection, convention, conversation, conviction, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correction, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crucifixion, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decompression, deconstruction, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, deduction, defamation, defection, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depiction, depletion, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, dereliction, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, diction, differentiation, diffraction, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, discoloration, disconnection, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinfection, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, dysfunction, echolocation, edification, education, egyptian, ejaculation, ejection, elaboration, elation, election, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erection, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, eviction, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaction, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extinction, extortion, extraction, extrapolation, fabrication, facilitation, faction, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, fiction, figuration, filtration, fixation, flexion, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fraction, fragmentation, freshen, friction, frustration, fumigation, function, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, imperfection, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inaction, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, induction, industrialization, infarction, infatuation, infection, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, inflection, infliction, information, infraction, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, injection, injunction, innovation, inoculation, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspection, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instruction, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, insurrection, integration, intensification, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intersection, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, introduction, introspection, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, junction, jurisdiction, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liposuction, liquefaction, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, lotion, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malfunction, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, midsection, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonfiction, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, objection, obligation, observation, obsession, obstruction, occupation, ocean, operation, oppression, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, passion, pasteurization, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, predestination, prediction, predilection, preelection, preemption, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, production, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, projection, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protection, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaction, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recollection, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, reconstruction, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reflection, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinspection, reintegration, reinterpretation, reintroduction, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejection, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, replication, repossession, representation, repression, reproduction, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, restriction, resumption, resurrection, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retraction, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanction, sanitation, saponification, satisfaction, saturation, secession, secretion, section, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, seduction, segmentation, segregation, selection, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subscription, subsection, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, subtraction, suburbanization, succession, suction, suffocation, summation, superstation, suppression, suspension, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, titillation, toleration, traction, transaction, transcription, transection, transformation, transgression, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-t" | |
-2 letters: demotion, dolomite, limonite, motioned, tolidine. | |
-3 letters: delimit, dominie, edition, eidolon, emotion, lentoid, limited, midline, modioli, moonlet, moonlit, oinomel, tolidin. | |
-4 letters: dentil, dolmen, domine, domino, doolie, emodin, entoil, indite, indole, intime, iodine, iolite, limned, lomein, loment, loomed, looted, lotion, meloid, melton, milden, milted, minted, moiled, moline, molted, molten, monied, mooned, mooted, motile, motion, noodle. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-i-l-m-n-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: demolitions. | |
+2 letters: hemodilution. | |
+3 letters: demolitionist, emotionalized, hemodilutions. | |
+4 letters: demobilization, demolitionists, demoralization, denominational, sedimentologic. | |
+5 letters: deglamorization, demobilizations, demoralizations, demythologizing, intermodulation, omnidirectional, sedimentologies, sedimentologist. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 6D 6F 6C 69 74 69 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. . -- --- .-.. .. - .. --- -. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 01101101 01101111 01101100 01101001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e m o l i t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 006D 006F 006C 0069 0074 0069 006F 006E |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)38717981787586758180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Sounds | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Derivations 18. Rhymes 19. Anagrams 20. Orthography | 21. Bibliography |
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