as in destruction
the state or fact of being rendered nonexistent, physically unsound, or useless
several condemned buildings around the city are undergoing demolition as part of the revitalization program
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Recent Examples of demolition
Therefore, the official said, approval from the NCPC was not required or needed for demolition.
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
John Oliver returned on Last Week Tonight to censure myriad moves by President Donald Trump‘s administration, including the demolition of the East Wing of the White House and continued boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
Instead, the administration spent the week defending the complete demolition of the East Wing of the White House.
—ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
The East Wing was first built in 1902 and expanded in 1942, and the demolition has proven highly contentious, with some Americans, including historians and lawmakers, criticizing its destruction without consultation of the public.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 Oct. 2025
John Oliver returned on Last Week Tonight to censure myriad moves by President Donald Trump‘s administration, including the demolition of the East Wing of the White House and continued boat strikes in the Caribbean Sea.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
Instead, the administration spent the week defending the complete demolition of the East Wing of the White House.
—ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
The East Wing was first built in 1902 and expanded in 1942, and the demolition has proven highly contentious, with some Americans, including historians and lawmakers, criticizing its destruction without consultation of the public.
—Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for demolition
Noun
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The viral photos and videos of the destruction have elicited strong emotions for many Americans.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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As time passes, pressure increases, communication falters, and every decision carries the weight of potential destruction.—
Allison DeGrushe,
Entertainment Weekly,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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What remains is devastation at an almost unimaginable scale.—
Kara Fox,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
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The devastation was so severe that rebuilding and recovery seemed years away.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
18 Oct. 2025
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To better understand how these storms can wreak so much havoc, our research team created simulations to show how storms interact with Earth’s natural magnetic shield and trigger the dangerous geomagnetic activity that can shut down electric grids.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Oct. 2025
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The purpose of this drug production is the sale of massive amounts of product into the United States, causing death, destruction, and havoc.—
Anna Commander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Before getting protection under the Endangered Species Act in 1970, North Atlantic right whales were hunted commercially, which led to their near extinction in the early 1900s, according to the Marine Mammal Commission.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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But over exploitation often followed, leading to depletions and extinctions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.—
Karl Ove Knausgaard,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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For midlife patients, that often means managing menopause symptoms, bone loss and metabolic changes brought on by hormone therapy.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Demolition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demolition. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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