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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
Max Kutner, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
The set design is centered around the flooded, burned down, and demolished house that appears in the album visuals and is somehow still standing despite it all.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2026
This was the third and final time for the Belmont at Saratoga in upstate New York while its traditional home on the border of Queens and Long Island is getting demolished and rebuilt.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
The Belmont is being run at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York for a third and final time while its traditional home on the border of Queens and Long Island was demolished and rebuilt.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
The South Side once contained a lot of those tragically disappointing high-rises — the Robert Taylor Homes, Stateway Gardens, and Harold Ickes Homes, all demolished in spasms of righteous destruction.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
The rest were converted into charter schools, demolished for university development or redeveloped as market-rate housing.
—Julia McWilliams, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
The Family Dollar building that collapsed last summer, killing one person and sending another to the hospital, is slated to be demolished soon, according to city permit records.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Israeli forces now control large areas in southern Lebanon and have demolished homes and historical sites.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Verb
But the building was demolished within a day of the fire, making certainty impossible.
—Max Kutner, HollywoodReporter, 7 June 2026
The set design is centered around the flooded, burned down, and demolished house that appears in the album visuals and is somehow still standing despite it all.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 7 June 2026
This was the third and final time for the Belmont at Saratoga in upstate New York while its traditional home on the border of Queens and Long Island is getting demolished and rebuilt.
—ABC News, 6 June 2026
The Belmont is being run at Saratoga Race Course in upstate New York for a third and final time while its traditional home on the border of Queens and Long Island was demolished and rebuilt.
—CBS News, 6 June 2026
The South Side once contained a lot of those tragically disappointing high-rises — the Robert Taylor Homes, Stateway Gardens, and Harold Ickes Homes, all demolished in spasms of righteous destruction.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 June 2026
The rest were converted into charter schools, demolished for university development or redeveloped as market-rate housing.
—Julia McWilliams, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
The Family Dollar building that collapsed last summer, killing one person and sending another to the hospital, is slated to be demolished soon, according to city permit records.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
Israeli forces now control large areas in southern Lebanon and have demolished homes and historical sites.
—Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demolished
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
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The current San Geronimo Chapel was built in 1850 to replace a church destroyed in the Mexican American War.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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The family members of South Florida Realtor Melanie Hyer and her two young daughters say they are shattered after the three were killed in their Doral home at the hands of the children’s father.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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The bullet penetrated his hip, thrust through his knee and shattered his femur.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 June 2026
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The car crashed into a fence, then smashed into the house’s front porch and came to rest in a vertical position on the steps, according to authorities and video from the scene.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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But divining Gaudí's intentions has required detective work, because during the Spanish Civil War, anarchists protesting the Catholic Church set fire to parts of the structure, and smashed Gaudí's models into 8,000 pieces.—
Seth Doane,
CBS News,
7 June 2026
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The officer pulled his weapon and ordered him to stay in the wrecked car.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
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For days, no one connected the wrecked car to Marcus.—
Edie Peffley,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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Wilson said district officials concluded by March 2026 that the entire former building would need to be razed.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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Israeli attacks have since killed more than 3,412 people, including 133 paramedics, Lebanese authorities say, and systematically razed entire villages in Lebanon’s south.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Let’s hope that wisdom returns today to support humanitarian aid for war devastated nations.—
William Lambers,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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Meanwhile, Mason was left devastated, according to his parents.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
5 June 2026
Adjective
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The fox was both here in this world with the nightingale and the pulverized worm, and also in a narrow pocket just behind it.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
19 Nov. 2025
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“Demolished.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demolished. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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