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demolitions

/ ˌdɛməˈlɪʃənz; ˌdiː- /

plural noun

    1. explosives, as when used to blow up bridges, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a demolitions expert

  1. targets prepared for destruction by explosives


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Example Sentences

The Almanac also tells us it would be a good time to perform demolitions, if you had any of those planned.

Palestinians also face home demolitions, checkpoints, arrests of minors, and imprisonment without charges.

Pronouncing illegality, governments will often undertake demolitions of slum houses.

Broh was blamed for the demolitions, despite the fact that the Ministry of Public Works also played a key role.

We'd heard theories ranging from stray artillery fire, to demolitions detonated far beneath the city streets.

After all the demolitions of Totila, the ruin was not irretrievable.

Guardsman Jaeger fired his demolitions as he left, firing the screen generator with his last flare.

Over the whole island, after these demolitions, the drift stratum was deposited.

In some of the earlier demolitions, however, in other parts of the empire the Pagans resisted, and in some cases successfully.

But in general he lamented the demolitions and destructions which accompanied the triumphal march of commerce.

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