as in wrecking
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as in destroying
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 ruining
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 shattering
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 demolishing
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
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The film shows the IDF demolishing Palestinian homes, a school, and sealing up a well as part of the expulsion.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for demolishing
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While undoubtedly devastating, the Israeli military said at the beginning of the campaign that reports of these airstrikes destroying 50 percent of Hezbollah’s rockets were most likely exaggerated.Paul Iddon, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The grand jury accused Whiting of misuse of public monies, theft, conflict of interest, harassment, sending a threatening letter and stealing, destroying, altering or secreting public records.Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024
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But amid the stories of destruction and despair, the film also promises a vision of a better world, of a future where Israelis and Palestinians, like the directors of this documentary, can work together towards justice and freedom.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
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Severe weather More severe weather is expected in the Southern Plains today as residents in Oklahoma survey the destruction from tornado-spawning storms that injured at least 11 people and leveled homes over the weekend.Andrew Torgan, CNN, 4 Nov. 2024
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In 2019, the cottage faced an uncertain future as the new owners of the land at 239 Franklin Road, where it was then located, appeared interested in razing the cottage to make space for new construction.Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2024
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Environmental ministries, for example, will need to put more resources toward stopping cattle ranchers from razing the rainforest, whereas agriculture agencies might have to fund more sea patrols to prevent overfishing.Benji Jones, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Artifact theft and desecration are surprisingly common in national parks.Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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Another count, desecration of a human corpse, was dismissed.KC Baker, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
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As medical doctors, Gloria Ethel and her husband Elliott have seen how malnutrition— particularly among children— ravages communities.Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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But when disasters like Hurricane Helene ravage areas these people live in, that ought to drive us to recommit to the institutions and practices that have made so many of us safer from natural disasters.Connor Okeeffe, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
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The aftershocks of the Vietnam War and the ruination of family legacy also came into play in Tobe Hooper’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Oct. 2024
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Athens used its financial power to abuse its allies and in doing so precipitated its own ruination.Henry Farrell, Foreign Affairs, 24 Jan. 2020
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“Demolishing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/demolishing. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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