demolish
Example Sentences
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The straightforward solution, after demolishing the adjoining building, would have been to extend the facade to the south.
Raymond Barlow, from the council's building standards team, told BBC Scotland News that it was not possible to demolish the facade with a machine as it would cause an uncontrolled collapse.
From BBC
But a subsequent Nature review demolished that claim: The original study inflated trends by clustering fire hot spots and measuring their “radiative power” as intensity.
The cub demolished it in its powerful jaws, then curled up and went instantly to sleep: a gently heaving ball of hot grey fur.
From Literature
The cafeteria in the adjacent building, located between the adult and youth sections, has been demolished to make way for a classroom.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
