Demolition vs. Dismantling — What's the Difference?

Demolition, also known as razing, cartage, and wrecking is the science and engineering in safely and efficiently tearing down of buildings and other artificial structures. Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for reuse purposes.

To take apart; disassemble; tear down.

The act or process of wrecking or destroying, especially destruction by explosives.

To put an end to in a gradual systematic way

Demolitions Explosives, especially when designed or used as weapons.

To strip of furnishings or equipment

The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.

To strip of covering or clothing.

The act of overthrowing, pulling down, or destroying a pile or structure; destruction by violence; utter overthrow; - opposed to construction; as, the demolition of a house, of military works, of a town, or of hopes.

Present participle of dismantle

An event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

The act by which something is dismantled.

The act of demolishing

The act of taking something apart (as a piece of machinery);