Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demolitionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-mo-li-tion-ist
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who carries out demolition.

Example Sentences

"Eventually seven days' efforts by professional demolitionists succeeded in reducing the building to debris."

Etymology

From demolition + -ist.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: demolition

Inflected Forms

demolitionists (plural)

Questions

What does demolitionist mean?: One who carries out demolition.
Where does demolitionist come from?: From demolition + -ist.

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