How to Use demolition in a Sentence

demolition

noun

• The demolitions should be complete by the end of the year.
• The old factory is scheduled for demolition next week.
• The demolition itself, shown about 24 minutes in to the video, took less than a minute.
  — oregonlive, 15 Sep. 2022
• What's next: The south garage closed to new cars over the weekend to prepare for demolition.
  — Naheed Rajwani-Dharsi, Axios, 16 Sep. 2024
• But the property mostly looked the same after the demolition, putting the cleanup process in the city’s hands.
  — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2022
• Then after the race, the rest of the demolition and rebuilding will start.
  — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024
• The demolition of the old plaza is expected to take a little more than a year.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2021
• Spared from demolition is a Catholic chapel built in the 1930s that might be preserved as a scenic structure.
  — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
• In return, the Bucks paid for the Bradley Center's demolition.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2023
• In an exclusive clip, above, viewers see Berry put her demolition skills to the test with the help of Jonathan and Drew.
  — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
• The parking lot has been fenced in, with demolition work to begin this year.
  — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2021
• The fire broke out in part of the roof of the old natatorium during demolition, the school district said.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2023
• Devices that aren’t fused, and are therefore safe to move, are taken to a demolition site in the middle of a field.
  — Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
• When the house was slated for demolition in 2009, the Lunuganga Trust moved the structure and rebuilt it, piece by piece.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Oct. 2023
• The road to the spillway and fishing pier may be closed during demolition, the statement said.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2021
• The thrilling start to his Manchester City career was capped with a goal and four assists in the 6-1 demolition of Bournemouth.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• This was in the summer of 2019, when demolitions were under way.
  — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
• On the floor are smashed pieces of green wood twisted in a way that suggests remnants left over from a home demolition.
  — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2022
• Why: Bridge demolition and construction as part of the North Split project.
  — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Sep. 2021
• The district said in May the demolition would take place in summer 2024 following the end of the school year, which was Monday.
  — Alaa Elassar, CNN, 14 June 2024
• As of this past weekend, the structure was still set for demolition.
  — William Lambers, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
• It is slated for demolition as part of the plan to build a much larger Terminal 1 over the next decade.
  — New York Times, 21 July 2022
• The demolition began in June 2020 and was done in phases.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
• The story begins as demolition crews are about to move in.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
• Authorities still have no idea when the fire will die down, but demolition will be the next step.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The project is expected to be going out to bid soon with demolition taking place in the spring.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• Their 10-0 demolition of Brest in the play-off round sent shockwaves around Europe.
  — Brett Koremenos, New York Times, 14 May 2025
• The other change was in demolition, which added more funding to cover more in each ward.
  — Eplunus Colvin, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
• The contractor that did the demolition said in a letter that wasn’t the case, but the city would have to verify it, Cherry said.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
• The city also suggests construction and demolition sites would be required to divert 50% of the waste generated on their sites away from landfills.
  — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 14 May 2025