derrumbar

to demolish

Todo se movía. Teníamos miedo que el edificio se derrumbase.	Everything moved. We were afraid the building would fall.
Teníamos miedo que el edificio se derrumbase.	We were afraid the building would fall.
¿Crees que quería que se derrumbase la pared?	Biff, do you think I wanted that wall to cave in? Do you think I planned it that way?
Me sentí como si todo se derrumbase, ¿sabes?	I felt like I let everyone down, you know?
Incluso si el sistema financiero de Estados Unidos se derrumbase, nada en el mundo real cambiará.	Even if the US financial system collapses, nothing in the real world will change.
El gran terremoto de 1349 dañó severamente la estructura del Coliseo, haciendo que el lado externo sur se derrumbase.	During the great earthquake in 1349, the outer south side fell down.
Cierta tarde, un defecto de construcción hizo que se derrumbase la casa donde el sheik vivía con su mujer.	One evening, the house where the sheik and his wife lived collapsed, apparently because of some fault in the construction.
El montaje del motor sobre el suelo del edificio hubiera requerido una adecuada bancada con algún elemento para aislar las vibraciones, para evitar que el edificio se agrietase y derrumbase.	The mounting of the engine on the floor of the building would have required a proper foundation with some provision to isolate vibrations so as to avoid tearing the building apart.
Horadaban galerías -algunas se conservan-, las inundaban y esperaban a que el agua derrumbase la montaña, que caía desmenuzada hacia unos lavaderos -hoy lagos como Pozo Sumido o Lago Redondo-, donde se registraban los fragmentos en busca del oro.	The Romans would drill galleries into the mountain (some of which still stand), flood them, and wait for the water to cause the mountain to collapse, crumbling down towards the washeries, where they would examine the fragments searching for gold.
Si el edificio, por ejemplo, se derrumbase enseguida despuès de la compra y se tiene una prueba que el vendedor era consciente de tal riesgo, se puede pedir la resoluciòn del contrato, y entonces la restituciòn del valor pagado.	If, for example, the building should collapse soon after the purchase and you have proof that the vendor knew about such a risk, you can ask for the invalidation of the deed and consequently the restitution of the money you have paid.