wrecking ball
noun
: a heavy iron or steel ball swung or dropped by a derrick to demolish old buildings
called also wrecker's ball
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Ten years later, the ornate old landmark met the wrecking ball..
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
Nor did the breakfast-food influencer Terrence Williams, whose posts about an arcane paperwork issue got the wrecking ball swinging in the first place.
—Andrew Rice, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025
Country music icons like Willie Nelson, George Jones and Waylon Jennings also recorded at Studio A.
Studio A was the subject of Nashville's most prominent recent preservation fight when philanthropist Aubrey Preston dramatically saved it from the wrecking ball at the last minute in 2014.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Trump is more of a wrecking ball than an architect.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Randy Mason, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2025
Nor did the breakfast-food influencer Terrence Williams, whose posts about an arcane paperwork issue got the wrecking ball swinging in the first place.
—Andrew Rice, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025
Country music icons like Willie Nelson, George Jones and Waylon Jennings also recorded at Studio A.
Studio A was the subject of Nashville's most prominent recent preservation fight when philanthropist Aubrey Preston dramatically saved it from the wrecking ball at the last minute in 2014.
—Nate Rau, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
Trump is more of a wrecking ball than an architect.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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“Wrecking ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wrecking%20ball. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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