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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Examples
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"It is time for the destruction of error," said Auden, and the instinct of the demolitionist is strong in Angle of Yaw.
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'I'd think our demolitionist got more bang for his bucks than he intended.'
Decider Francis, Dick 1993
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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
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"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
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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
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Auden, and the instinct of the demolitionist is strong in
PoetryFoundation.org 2010
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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
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Give that demolitionist better heavy weapon accuracy and a shotgun, and presto!
TalkXBOX News 2009
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Give that demolitionist better heavy weapon accuracy and a shotgun, and presto!
TalkXBOX News 2009
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There are a total of five classes: medic, arsonist, demolitionist, engineer and bruiser.
unknown title 2009
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