demolished

Example Sentences

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It began construction in September, and by October, the entire East Wing had been demolished.

From Slate • Apr. 30, 2026

The confluence of Day’s songs, Herrmann’s score and Benjamin’s cantata demolished the cliché of cinema music needing to stay in the background.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The block is about to be demolished to make way for a gleaming new residential complex, and the mosaic is to be torn down.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 2026

So the residents face the real threat of seeing their homes demolished at some point in the next decade, and the village potentially vanishing.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

He’s demolished a house, he says, ruined when the Russians were fighting the Germans, but this wood is still okay, and what would I want with a lot of old wood, anyway?

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron