снести́

fairly common #4120C2

verbperfective imperfective is сноси́ть

1.
to demolish, to tear down, to knock down, to pull down
Ста́рый дом снесли́ в прошлом го́ду.
The old house was torn down last year.
Of buildings, walls, fences.
2.
to carry away, to sweep away, to blow off
Ве́тром снесло́ кры́шу сара́я.
The wind blew the roof off the shed.
Often impersonal: ветром снесло крышу.
3.
to take (somewhere), to carry off, to bring together
Снеси́ э́ти вещи в подва́л.
Take these things down to the cellar.
Of carrying things down or to one place.
4.
to endure, to put up with, to bear
Он молча снёс оскорбле́ние.
He bore the insult in silence.
Of insults, hardship.
5.
to lay (an egg)
Ку́рица снесла́ яйцо́.
The hen laid an egg.
Of hens and other birds.

Motion info

снести́ is derived from the unidirectional verb of motion нести́ with prefix с-/со- (down / off).

Дом, числившийся аварийным, снесли в прошлом году.
The building classified as unsafe was demolished last year.
Дом, слывший самым старым в деревне, снесли.
The house, reputed to be the oldest in the village, was demolished.
Власти снесли незаконный самострой на окраине города.
The authorities demolished the illegal building on the outskirts of the city.
Мы снесём ста́рые фе́рмы.
We'll destroy the old farms.
Если Вселенная — э́то мирово́е яйцо́, кто же его тогда снёс?
If the universe is a cosmic egg, who laid it?
Здание, примыкавшее к церкви, давно снесли.
The building adjacent to the church was demolished long ago.
Хрущёвку скоро снесут и построят новый дом.
The Khrushchev-era building will soon be demolished and a new building will be constructed in its place.
Старый дом, распадающийся на глазах, снесли этим летом.
The old house, crumbling before our eyes, was demolished this summer.

Imperative
ты	снеси́
вы	снеси́те

Active present	-
Active past	снёсший	having demolished, having pulled down, having torn down
Passive present	-
Passive past	снесённый	carried away, swept away, washed away, torn away
Gerund present	-
Gerund past	снёсши снеся́	while doing (past)