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demolition

[ dem-uh-lish-uhn, dee-muh- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

of, relating to, or working with explosives:
A demolition squad attempted to blow up the bridge before the enemy captured it.
of or relating to tearing down or demolishing:
Demolition work had begun on the old building.

demolition

/ ˌdiː-; ˌdɛməˈlɪʃən /

the act of demolishing or state of being demolished
military
1. destruction by explosives
2. ( as modifier )
  a demolition charge

1540–50; < Latin dēmōlītiōn- (stem of dēmōlītiō ), equivalent to dēmōlīt ( us ) (past participle of dēmōlīrī; demolish ) + -iōn- -ion

Their home probably will be devastated, too, but they received no demolition notice.

Ibrahim Hijazi walked me through his barren house, emptied ahead of the demolition.

How could anyone think that their dislike of the Bee Gees made anything about Disco Demolition Night acceptable?

Dahl went on to attain nationwide fame and his own syndicated broadcast as a result of Disco Demolition Night.

After 57 years of continuous operation, the theater closed, was sold to a private company, and scheduled for demolition.

In the reign of some of the English kings the demolition of such houses would not have been adjudged treason.

Verse alone could ease the girl of her ecstacy, and each recorded and triumphed in the demolition of yet another day.

The Sablonière Hotel, however, is now in course of demolition.

No doubt all this was clear to Brownie, and that was why he took such fiendish delight in his work of demolition.

He deprecated the demolition of Mont Orgueil, 'a stately fort of great capacity,' which had cost more than 20,000 marks.

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