demolitio

dēmōlītĭo, ōnis, f. [demolior, no. II.], a tearing down, demolishing (very rare).

I Lit.: dum ea demolitio (statuarum) fieret, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 67, 161; Vitr. 10, 19.— *

B Trop.: veritatis, an undermining , Tert. adv. Marc. 2, 1.