English → Latin
“demolition” in Latin
dēmōlītiōdemolitiondisturbatiōdestructionēversiōexpulsion; destruction; revolutionexcīsiōcutting off, out or down; excision; destroyingexcidiumdemolition, destruction (especially military), ruin; massacre, slaughter, killingexstīnctiōannihilation, slaughter, extinction; dissolutiondēlētiōannihilation, destructionLūcīliusGaius Ennius Lucilius (circa 180–103/2 BC), the earliest Roman satirist and a member of the Scipionic Circle; Lucilius Bdēstrūctiōdestruction, demolition; refutation
The English word demolition itself goes back to Latin mōlior, through dēmōlītiō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
demolition
demolitio (rare; Cic., Vitr.): disturbatio: eversio: excisio; excidium: exstinctio (figuratively, annihilation) [SYN. in DESTRUCTION]: deletio (only Lucilius; the total demolition of our army, deletio nostri ad unum exercitus, Lucilius): cf., destructio is not classical. At the demolition of Corinth, in Corinthi disturbatione: before the demolition of Troy, Troja incolumi.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for demolition?
- The usual Latin words for “demolition” are dēmōlītiō, disturbatiō, ēversiō; also excīsiō, excidium, exstīnctiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.