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level, pull down, raze, tear down, unbuild
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Homes there were demolished when owners took federal buyouts that bar homes from ever being built in the flood-prone areas. — Washington Post, "Mobile home dwellers left behind after 2013 Colorado floods," 17 Sep. 2019 During that time, the Libyan state was mostly demolished. — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, "The Moral Logic of Humanitarian Intervention," 9 Sep. 2019 The Sunni slums that did not are being demolished and redeveloped for his bourgeois supporters. — The Economist, "Syria will poison the region for years to come," 5 Sep. 2019 The whole settlement has been completely demolished. — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, "Dorian’s blow to the Bahamas reverberates in the lives of three Mass. residents," 3 Sep. 2019 For each greeting, a thousand houses were demolished. — Dustin Gardiner, SFChronicle.com, "Complaints of biased curriculum may sideline California’s ethnic studies push," 21 Aug. 2019 The Sea Galley was demolished this week after sitting charred and derelict for several months. — Author: Madeline Mcgee, Anchorage Daily News, "Months after string of Anchorage business fires, questions still remain," 15 Aug. 2019 For each greeting, a thousand houses were demolished. — New York Times, "Push for Ethnic Studies in Schools Faces a Dilemma: Whose Stories to Tell," 15 Aug. 2019 The church where she was buried was demolished in the early 19th century and, although the gravestone survived, it was lost for many years until its recent rediscovery. — Fox News, "'Snow White' gravestone surfaces in Germany," 6 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'demolish.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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