ἀνασκευ-άζω,
pack up the baggage (τὰ σκεύη), and so, carry away, remove, τὴν ἀγορὰν εἴσω[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.8, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐκ θαλάττης divert them from naval enterprise, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.17.3, compare 1.25.7] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:— in middle, break up camp, march away, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.18; κατεσκευάζετο καὶ πάλιν ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.5.2, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 dismantle a place, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.116] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in middle, dismantle one's house or city, [[ [prev. author] 1.18. ] Refs]
__3 waste, ravage, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.25 (_passive_)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τὰς συνθήκας break them, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.31.6] Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—in middle, τάφον[[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.578f. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__4 passive, to be bankrupt, τῆς τραπέζης ἀνασκευασθείσης[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 33.9, compare 49.68] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀνεσκευασμένοι τῶν τραπεζιτῶν broken bankers, [[[prev. passage]: _metaphorically_, ἀνεσκευάσμεθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 602. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5 of logicians, demolish opponent's arguments, definitions, etc., opposed to κατασκευάζειν, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Priora” 43a2, compare “Rh.” 1401b4, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.18, 3rd c.BC: Polystratus Epicureus p.24 W. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]