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Demolitionist

Demolitionist \Dem`o*li"tion*ist\, n. A demolisher. [R.]
--Carlyle.

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demolitionist

n. One who carries out demolition.

Usage examples of "demolitionist".

She was trying to snatch a beetle out of a pad already broken down into fragments, but, rearing back on its four hind legs, the little demolitionist refused to cooperate in its own capture.

They became skilled in night operations, learned the proper way to silence sentries, became competent demolitionists, and could fire and field-strip German, Italian, and British weapons as readily as their own.

Demolitionists darted up to tanks and clambered onto them: slammed petards against access panels, or magnesium charges into shaper muzzles or air intakes, triggered charges and time fuses, then moved on if they could.