Thesaurus / demolish
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LUCA’s competitors may have survived some time as fossils, but the planet’s tectonic churn has long since demolished its earliest rocks.
YOUR ANCESTORS MIGHT HAVE BEEN MARTIANSCHARLIE WOODFEBRUARY 12, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIn 2014 I wrote about a rusty metal box that Anne Smith and Malcolm Bertoni found when they demolished a brick barbecue in their Cleveland Park backyard.
A THRIFT SHOP PHOTO ALBUM IS FULL OF MYSTERY PHOTOS OF A DISTRICT FAMILYJOHN KELLYJANUARY 27, 2021WASHINGTON POSTEpic is purchasing the 980,000-square-foot Cary Towne Center, which sits on 87 acres, from developers who had previously announced plans to demolish the mall and build a new, mixed-use development.
FORTNITE’S PARENT COMPANY IS TURNING A NORTH CAROLINA MALL INTO ITS HEADQUARTERSKAREN HOJANUARY 7, 2021QUARTZGreig said his family, which has owned the property for the past two decades, can barely afford to demolish the home, let alone move it back on the property line.
HOW FAMOUS SURFERS AND WEALTHY HOMEOWNERS ARE ENDANGERING HAWAII’S BEACHESBY SOPHIE COCKE, HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISERDECEMBER 5, 2020PROPUBLICAThat demolished Delaware’s record for Democratic primary turnout, set in 2008, when Barack Obama defeated Hillary Clinton in the race for the small state’s delegates.
TRUMP CONTRADICTS CDC DIRECTOR ON VACCINE; BIDEN SAYS AMERICANS SHOULDN’T TRUST TRUMPCOLBY ITKOWITZ, FELICIA SONMEZ, JOHN WAGNERSEPTEMBER 16, 2020WASHINGTON POSTIt had become the diva, the star of our horrible drama, the villain demolishing cascades of plans for all of us little specks hubristic enough to believe we could still make them.
THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. JUST LOOK AT CALIFORNIA’S WEEKEND.BY ELIZABETH WEILSEPTEMBER 9, 2020PROPUBLICACity Council members have kicked around the possibility of demolishing the property and starting from scratch.
THE DEAL BEFORE THE 101 ASH ST. DEBACLE HELPS EXPLAIN HOW WE GOT HERELISA HALVERSTADT AND JESSE MARXAUGUST 24, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOMultiple City Council members have also asked if the city could demolish the high rise and build another in its place.
HOW THE CITY CAME TO LEASE A LEMONLISA HALVERSTADT AND JESSE MARXAUGUST 10, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOI did not demolish my hut of pearl shells, but left it standing exactly as it had been during the past two and a half years.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTWe then proceeded to demolish everything in sight except the boxes.
THE OPENED SHUTTERSCLARA LOUISE BURNHAMWORDS RELATED TO DEMOLISH
- abolish
- beat
- bring down
- bring to ruin
- conquer
- crush
- demolish
- depose
- dethrone
- do away with
- eradicate
- exterminate
- knock down
- knock over
- level
- liquidate
- oust
- overcome
- overpower
- overrun
- overturn
- overwhelm
- purge
- put an end to
- raze
- ruin
- subdue
- subjugate
- subvert
- terminate
- tip
- topple
- tumble
- unseat
- upend
- upset
- vanquish
- bash
- batter
- break
- capsize
- crack up
- crash
- cripple
- dash
- decimate
- demolish
- devastate
- dilapidate
- disable
- do in
- efface
- founder
- impair
- injure
- mangle
- mar
- mess up
- pile up
- put out of commission
- ravage
- raze
- run aground
- sabotage
- scuttle
- shatter
- shipwreck
- sink
- smash
- smash up
- spoil
- strand
- subvert
- take apart
- take out
- tear up
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- undermine
- vandalize
- wrack
- wrack up
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