get the better of vs demolish

get the better of and demolish both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get the better of	No	No	Yes	No
demolish	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, demolish is a hyponym of get the better of; that is, demolish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than get the better of:

get the better of: win a victory over
demolish: defeat soundly and humiliatingly

Other hyponyms of get the better of include destroy, beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish, wallop, down, overrun, lurch, skunk, expel, rout, rout out, upset, nose, conquer, come through, make it, pull round, pull through, survive.

get the better of (verb)	demolish (verb)
win a victory over	defeat soundly and humiliatingly
	eat up completely, as with great appetite
	destroy completely
	ruin or destroy

get the better of vs demolish

get the better of and demolish both are verbs.

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