هَدَمَ
Root: هدم
Form: 1
Full Definition
هَدَمَI
He threw down, or pulled down, a building; pulled it to pieces; demolished it; destroyed it: [the last two explanations are the most correct, as is shown by the phrase] نَقَضَ البِنَآءَ مِنْ عَيْرِ هَدْمِ [He took to pieces the building without demolishing, or destroying]: (S, A, Msb, K, * in art. قوض:) he ruined [a building, &c.]; reduced [it] to ruin.
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