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as in razed
to destroy (as a building) completely by knocking down or breaking to pieces
developers demolished the old warehouse to make room for the new shopping mall
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as in ruined
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of
most of the buildings in the town had been demolished in the bombing raid
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as in shattered
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive
terrorists used a powerful pipe bomb to demolish the concrete wall around the compound
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Recent Examples of demolished
ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
What To Know Satellite photographs provided to by Planet, a company that specializes in satellite photography, showed the East Wing of the White House had been completely demolished as of October 23.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The East Wing of the White House was demolished this week, making way for a new $300 million ballroom.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
How was the White House's East Wing demolished?
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The East Wing of the White House, which stood for 123 years, was fully demolished by Thursday to make room for the ballroom, the New York Times reported.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Gacy's house was demolished, and the property was razed in April 1979.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
The existing five buildings that would be demolished to clear the way for the project total 422,600 square feet.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
The East Wing has been demolished before our eyes.
—ABC News, 26 Oct. 2025
More recently, high-profile firms including Amazon, Apple, Coinbase, Comcast, Google, Lockheed Martin and Meta Platforms have agreed to help finance the ballroom Trump plans for the White House after ordering the building’s East Wing to be demolished.
—Bill Barrow, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2025
What To Know Satellite photographs provided to by Planet, a company that specializes in satellite photography, showed the East Wing of the White House had been completely demolished as of October 23.
—James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
The East Wing of the White House was demolished this week, making way for a new $300 million ballroom.
—The Editors, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
How was the White House's East Wing demolished?
—Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
The East Wing of the White House, which stood for 123 years, was fully demolished by Thursday to make room for the ballroom, the New York Times reported.
—Darin Oswald, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2025
Gacy's house was demolished, and the property was razed in April 1979.
—Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 18 Oct. 2025
The existing five buildings that would be demolished to clear the way for the project total 422,600 square feet.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demolished
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Herodotus reasoned that had Helen in fact been within the walls of Troy instead of in Egypt, the Trojans would surely have surrendered her to the Greeks rather than allow their city to be destroyed.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Your homes may have been damaged or destroyed and your communities and towns no longer look the same.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Verb
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No, baseball was not yet ruined.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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There is even Depardieu’s own late son, Guillaume, whose death at age thirty-seven was hastened along by heroin use that had ruined his health, and over whom Ferrara recalls Depardieu shedding copious tears during one of their early meetings.—
Nick Pinkerton,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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The case of Mamulya, a donkey whose hoof was shattered, apparently in a mine explosion, becomes central to the story, emblematic of the assistance the sanctuary receives from within and beyond Ukraine’s borders in order to provide state-of-the-art medical treatments.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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But when newspapers shifted from reinforcing social order to documenting disorder in readers’ own communities, audiences responded by distrusting the institution that shattered their comforting myths.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Many of those games have been thrillers and even wrecked seasons.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Oct. 2025
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Behind Sarnow and Common Council members, employees used equipment to lift a wrecked SUV with its left front side smashed in, a somber reminder of the devastation caused by reckless driving.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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When the Eaton Canyon fire razed the North Los Angeles community earlier this year, Colvert watched as the flames destroyed her school and many of her friends’ homes.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
24 Oct. 2025
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More than 70,000 people died in the Israel’s retaliatory military campaign in Gaza, which also razed the Palestinian territory to the ground, leaving most of its two million strong population living in tents and without regular food supplies.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Residents of Kingston, Jamaica, were already dealing with floodwaters on Friday, as concerns are growing that the impact could be the worst since Hurricane Gilbert devastated the island in 1988.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
25 Oct. 2025
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This happened when Hurricane Helene devastated western North Carolina last year.—
Chris Dolce,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wood obviously smashed it on opening weekend, scoring twice against Brentford, while Joao Pedro blanked, filling me with instant regret.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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The thieves then smashed two display cases using the angle grinder and removed eight pieces of jewelry belonging to Emperor Napoleon and his wife, according to police.—
Mason Leath,
ABC News,
22 Oct. 2025
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