demolition

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In the Western Conference, the reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder became the first team this season to record 40 wins with a 128-92 demolition of the Orlando Magic.

From Barron's

The pair quickly obtained demolition permits from the Department of Building and Safety, but once their plans became public, an outcry erupted.

From Los Angeles Times

Residents say the demolitions began two days before Christmas, when excavation teams accompanied by armed police moved into sections of the waterfront settlement facing the Atlantic Ocean.

From BBC

Following the demolition, Cowlin said there had been incidents of people claiming they were her gardener, or even her grandchildren, and pinching things.

From BBC

The demolition provoked the worst religious violence in India for many decades - it was, he said years later, the "gravest setback" to secularism since the country's independence from Britain in 1947.

From BBC