the.com/demolition
Architecture in reverse, minus the patience.
means The deliberate tearing down or destruction of a structure, system, or idea, usually in one decisive stroke.
from From Latin demolitio, from demoliri, 'to tear down' — a fusion of de- ('down, away') and moliri ('to build, construct, or labor at a massive task'), itself tied to moles, meaning a huge mass or heavy structure. So the word's deep root literally means 'to un-build a great mass' — the ancient Romans already had a word for wrecking what took real effort to raise.
- implosion myth
- buildings fall down, not blow outward
- timing
- charges detonate in milliseconds, sequenced floor by floor
- oldest trick
- wrecking balls predate dynamite by decades
- tallest felled
- skyscraper demolitions use hundreds of charges