Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who favors demolition or destruction, as of institutions; a radical revolutionist

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun rare A demolisher.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who carries out demolition.

Etymologies

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demolition +‎ -ist

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Examples

  • "It is time for the destruction of error," said Auden, and the instinct of the demolitionist is strong in Angle of Yaw.

    Poetry: What Does It Accomplish? 2010

  • 'I'd think our demolitionist got more bang for his bucks than he intended.'

    Decider Francis, Dick 1993

  • With practive, a demolitionist may hit a 55-gallon drum, a relatively small target, at 25 yards about 90 percent of the time.

    Army Field Manual: Explosives and Demolutions Extract by the Death Jester 1971

  • "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen.

    WN.com - Articles related to China Passes Japan as Second-Largest Economy 2010

  • Barney Ross leads the "Expendables", a band of highly skilled mercenaries including knife enthusiast Lee Christmas, martial arts expert Yin Yang, heavy weapons specialist Hale Caesar, demolitionist Toll Road and loose-cannon sniper Gunner Jensen.

    AvaxHome 2010

  • Auden, and the instinct of the demolitionist is strong in

    PoetryFoundation.org 2010

  • WP: There are classes - for instance, you can be a demolitionist, arsonist or bruiser - are you stuck to those particular skill sets?

    unknown title 2009

  • Give that demolitionist better heavy weapon accuracy and a shotgun, and presto!

    TalkXBOX News 2009

  • Give that demolitionist better heavy weapon accuracy and a shotgun, and presto!

    TalkXBOX News 2009

  • There are a total of five classes: medic, arsonist, demolitionist, engineer and bruiser.

    unknown title 2009

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